The Good News Is

©2010 Dave Clegg

Just a rusted heap

On a corner lot. 

She was priced real cheap,

But she’s been forgot.

She was someone’s dream

Only yesterday,

On the showroom floor

Now she’ll rust away. 

But then, one day

She catches someone’s eye.

He has nice long look

As he drives on by.

Then he hits the brakes,

And he turns around.

He’s smiling as

He writes the number down.

Yeah, the good news is,

There is someone who

Wants to take her home,

Wants to make her new.

Every nut and bolt,

Every gauge and door,

Will be beautiful

Like it was before.

In the old folks home,

She never leaves her spot

By the telephone,

But she’s been forgot.

She was someone’s dream

Only yesterday,

Walking down the isle,

Now she’ll fade away.

But the good news is,

There is someone who

Wants to take her home,

Wants to make her new.

Every fingernail,

Every hair and pore,

Will be beautiful,

Better than before.

Yeah the good news is,

She will be set free.

She will jump and shout

For eternity.

And what’s left behind

Is an empty shell,

And the good news is

For us all to tell.