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dark green eldorado

Dark Green Eldorado
brings me back
1978
you'd pick me up
after workin' late
and we'd drive
to the lake and park


Dark Green Eldorado
talkin' 'bout
our plans and dreams
making out like
movie scenes
in the belly of a great
green whale.

Dark Green Eldorado
a tank of gas
would get you
to the corner store
dig for change
in the seats and floor
that's all you'd need
to fill 'er up.

Dark Green Eldorado
bench seats for sitting
shoulder to shoulder
long before
dvd's and cupholders
ashtrays with lighters
kept the kids entertained

Dark Green Eldorado
miles of pearl white
leather interior
made me feel
so much more superior
than my friends
in their compact cars

Dark Green Eldorado
now you're sitting in
the dead car lot
been thinking of you
quite a lot
and my plans
to bring you home.

Dark Green Eldorado
gonna bring you to
your former glory
gonna tell my kids
about your story.
from the belly of a great
green whale.



Comments

  1. Irish GumboJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    Good one...it also leaves me of a mind to listen to Pablo Picasso by Burning Sensations...

    ...when he'd drive down the street in his El Dorado...:)

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  2. Kat MortensenJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    I can relate. I drove a '77 midnight blue Chevy Impala! Wrote a poem about her too.

    Loved that belly of a great green whale-line, Rene!

    Kat

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  3. Irish GumboJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:42 PM

    ...although my El Dorado was actually a '77 Chevy Nova, silver paint and red pleather interior...sweeet riiiiiide (hehheh)

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  4. Brian MillerJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    heck yeah go get her...there are still stories in her...nice one shot!

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  5. dustusJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    talkin' 'bout
    our plans and dreams
    making out like
    movie scenes

    smooth... what ride to restore——more than a car, a piece of personal history. Nice poem!

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  6. 2wolvzJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    great oneshot i have an old 4 whell friend just like that ....

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  7. MarianJanuary 18, 2011 at 10:12 PM

    pablo picasso was never called an asshole! ha!!
    i spent some time in a canary yellow corvair, at the drive-in. yeah bench seat!
    love it, rene.

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  8. PearlJanuary 19, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    :-) One of my favorite things to do was the plans and kissing in my 78 Ford LTD.

    What excellent memories you've brought back for me!

    Pearl

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  9. Fred MillerJanuary 19, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    Show them a movie called True Romance. Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette are running across the country from a drug boss in a purple El Dorado.

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  10. hedgewitchJanuary 19, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    Felt the same about my grandpa's 5O's DeSoto--green, too, with a white interior and fascinating forbidden huge glowing cigarette lighter. A great resurrection in this piece even if she never sits in the driveway.

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  11. KavitaJanuary 20, 2011 at 4:05 AM

    Aww..that's such a lovely tribute to an awesome set of wheels! Old really is gold, isn't it?! I vote for bringing it back to its glory.. and soon too!! :)

    Best luck, Rene!!
    And kudos on this sweet, memory-filled one shot!!

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  12. lynn'sgardenJanuary 20, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    I'm substituting green for brown~that was the color of Rick's El Dorado...;)
    Love the Snow Angels
    and your new look here, Rene!

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  13. moondustwriterJanuary 20, 2011 at 8:18 PM

    Love the memories made on those old bench seats - classic times

    Great One Shot

    Moonie Smiles

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  14. tattytiaraJanuary 20, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    That would love a guitar and a group of voices around a campfire. Wonderful.

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  15. Vodka MomJanuary 20, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    xxx

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  16. Shashidhar SharmaJanuary 21, 2011 at 5:45 AM

    Great one shot here.. and I liked it very much.. thanks for sharing..


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  17. ClaudiaJanuary 26, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    oh nice one! bring her back to former glory - yes..

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