[Refrain]
I've got them broke down Harley Davidson blues

[Verse 1]
I started out with this basket case
I thought I'd made quite a find
I paid my money and took the thing home
Folks thought I was outta my mind
Cussin' and kickin' I got the thing runnin'
Headed down the road with my motor just a-gunnin'
There came a knockin' noise down by my shoe

[Refrain]
I've got them broke down Harley Davidson blues

[Verse 2]
I pulled off the road and got to a station
And no one could figure out what in tarnation
Was makin' that knockin' noise down deep in her soul
So, I twisted and I tightened and pounded and turned
But the man shook his head and said
("What did just burn?")
Sittin' by the road with a handful of screws

[Refrain]
I've got the broke down Harley Davidson blues
[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
Sittin' by the side ponderin' my fate
When up pulls a man
I'm tryin' to look straight
Walked right up to me with a big old frown on his face
He said, "Boy, you get this here pile of junk
Low-down, rusty piece of funk
And call someone and have it moved from this place"

[Refrain]
I've got them broke down Harley Davidson blues

[Outro]
("Say, boy, you got a license?
I sure hope you got papers on that thing
You don't have no warrants out on ya?")
"Uhhh"
("Get this thing outta here, now hear?")
"Uh-huh"
("All the way"
"I see it here again, I'm gonna come on down with towin' truck and I'm gonna take it away")