Everybody knows in a second life We all come back sooner or later As anything from a pussycat to a man-eating alligator Well, you may think my story Is more fiction than it's fact But believe it or not, my Mother dear Decided she'd come back ... as a car! She's my very own guiding star A 1928 Porter, that's my Mother dear She helps me through everything I do And I'm so glad she's here Everything my Daddy never was Well, now she wants me to be She's taken her place as the fifth member Of my small family And she'll blow her radiator When things ain't going right And whenever she gets too lonely We just all got to spend the night ... with my car She's my very own guiding star I mean a 1928 Porter ... That's my Mother dear She helps me through everything I do And I'm so glad she's here My Mother the car! My Mother the car!