1st verse:]

There's a certain flirtin' man with money in the bank

The man I mean owns a machine, the kind you have to crank

His great delight is to invite a girlie for a whirl

In his machine and I just mean to kind o' warn each girl



[chorus:]

Keep away from the fellow who owns an automobile

He'll take you far in his motor car

Too darn far from your Pa and Ma

If his forty horsepower goes sixty miles an hour say

Goodbye forever, goodbye forever

There's no chance to talk, squawk or balk

You must kiss him or get out and walk

Keep away from the fellow who owns an automobile



[2nd verse:]

Mary White went out one night in Harry's new machine

They rode quite far when Harry's car ran out of gasoline

The hour was late and sad to state no gas could Harry get

The latest word I overheard is that they're walking yet