3:19
Pontiac, 1988
Written by Lyle Lovett
A ballad of the road: a man and a woman travel to California. "Well he did not say much / But one year later / He'd ask her to be his wife." The lights of L.A. twinkle like diamonds, romance is in the air. Isn't that sweet? Well, no. Apparently, the "she" of the song is the narrator's wife, and he comes to tell them goodbye with a sweet black .45 by his side. Grim! It's a jaunty, bouncy tune, the music belying the murder ballad that hides beneath.
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