The case for the 8-track

It was there, in the backseat,

of momma's car,

the case for the 8-track.

Momma drove,

one of the last,

large block jukeboxes,

Detroit ever made.

Bill Lear engineered, the 8-track

In the early 1960's

It played one hour,

of continuous music,

from that mobile marvel.

Before it's time, was am radio

you listened to the music,

programed, by the D.J.

Then record players,

but these skipped,

based on the condition,

of the road,

But 8-track, though not rewindable,

was very portable.

She joined the Columbia Record Company,

where for an intructory price of one penny, 

she purchased 8 of these beauties.

Momma played them on longs drives,

with window down,

and the cigarettes she keep hidden

in the jockey box.

Momma needed this break,

with the new discoveries.

Money missing from the credit union

or his latest fling at work.

So if momma needed music,

and a cigarette,

to understand Daddy,

a case could be made,

for the 8-track.