Butane Lighter Blues - Greg Brown

She had a butane lighter, but it wasn’t really working that good

She had a butane lighter, but it wasn’t really working too good

She said, you coulda used a match

I said, yes I could

Cedar Valley Shopper’s Haven, that’s what it said on the side

Cedar Valley Shopper’s Haven, that’s what it said on the side

I was out buying a monkey wrench

She was just wasting time

You want to grab a bite to eat, I asked her with a grin

You want to grab a bite to eat, I asked her with a grin

I opened the door to my '64 Chrysler

And she slipped right in

She had those nervous eyes, said she was just passing through the town

She had those nervous eyes, she was just passing through the town

I guess that she was hungry

The way she wolfed her Big Boy down

Could you take me out to 80, she asked me soft and slow

Honey, could you take me out to 80, she asked me sweet and low

She said, I got a girlfriend gonna meet me

Somewhere out around San Bernadino

Thanks alot, take care now, you can just let me out here

Thanks alot, take care now, youi can just let me out here

I had to watch her fade

In my rear view mirror

She forgot her butane lighter, I flicked the damn thing a time or two

She forgot her butane lighter, I flicked the damn thing a time or two

No use, no juice, I threw it out the window

Tell me what are you gonna do?