I've got a girl, I wished I could keep her home at night I say, I've got a girl, I wished I could keep her home at night She's always goin' off on automobile rides She sleeps late ever' mornin', I can't hardly get her woke She sleeps late ever' morning, I can't hardly get her woke She will wake up in one second when she hears her horn blow Some of these days, I'm gonna be like Mr. Henry Ford Says, some of these days, I'm gonna be like Mr. Henry Ford Gonna have a car and a woman, runnin' on ever' road If you ain't got a car, man, a woman is hard to rule If you ain't got a car, a woman is hard to rule That's why I done got them automobile blues