Del Wood’s ‘Flivver song’ is about enduring love, not ‘when are you getting a GTO’?

A boy and girl were seated

In a little Henry Ford

They were holdin’ hands and kissin’

Don’t you see?

Makin’ love in a cow pasture

Like boys and girls will do

(And that ain’t no bull)

When the price of gas went up to forty-two

Oh, will you love me when my carburetor’s busted?

Will you love me when I cannot shift my gears?

Will you love me when my spark plugs, they have rusted 

And my tail lights dim, will you shed bitter tears? 

Will you love me when my tires need recappin’

And my inner tubes have lost their self-respect

When my radiator’s leakin’

And my fenders are a-squeakin’ 

Will you love me when my flivver is a wreck?

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