Dave Alvin Nine Volt Heart Lyrics

Nine Volt Heart Lyrics

Dave Alvin/Rod Hodges



(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI/Blowout Music, ASCAP)







His mama said “Baby, wait for me in the car,?



And she went lookin' for his daddy inside a bar



So he sat and let the radio take him far away



Listenin' to XPRS and KRLA.







Plastic silver nine-volt heart



You click it on and let the music start



And the radio was his toy



The radio was his toy.







Well Rachel was twenty and he was seventeen years old



Sittin' in a parked car on a country road



Runnin' his fingers through her long black hair



And the Staples singin' “Baby, I'll take you there.?







Plastic silver nine volt heart



You click it on and let the music start



And the radio was his toy



The radio was his toy.







Doin' the dishes long after midnight



Talkin' about the evenin' news with his wife



The baby wakes up and starts to cry



So they turn the radio on for his lullaby.







Plastic silver nine volt heart



You click it on and let the music start



Plastic silver nine volt heart



You click it on and let the music start



And the radio was his toy



The radio was his toy.







Plastic silver nine volt heart



Plastic silver nine volt heart



You click it on and let the music start.