favorite songs/lyrics --car related

Weekend participation thread
What is a line in a song (car related) that you never get tired of ?

example :

"my daddy ran whiskey in a big block dodge"

"he and my uncle tore that engine down,I still remember that rumbling sound"

Steve Earle -copperhead road

 

Little Duece Coupe........"And she purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar"

36RRC

 

My daddy said "Son you gonna drive me to drinkin if you dont stop drivin that hot rod lincoln"

She's real fine my 409, she's real fine my 409 my 4444400000099999.

 

"It's got a leaky carburator, a rusted out floor, four broken windows, bullet holes in the door. Torn up old seat, the lock don't fit the key, Now baby who would really love this car but ME!"

Brian Setzer · Who would love this car but me

 

Not traditional but I laugh my ass off when I hear it

POS car by Adam Sandler

...

Here we go

Piece of shit car
I got a piece of shit car
That fuckin pile of shit
Never gets me very far

My cars a big piece of shit
cause the shocks are fucking shot
And my seatbelts fucking broken
I got to tie it in a knot
(its a piece of shit)

I cant see through the windshield
cause its got a big fucking crack
And the interior smells real bad
cause my friend puked in the back
(its a piece of shit)

(piece of shit car)
Piece of shit car
(hes got a piece of shit car)
It sucks royal dick
(that fuckin pile of shit)
100% crap
(never gets him very far)
Oh fuck you car

Its got no cd player, it only got the 8-track
Whoever designed my car can lick my sweaty nut sack
(they can bite his ass too)
And I got no fuckin brakes
Im always way out of control
Eleven times a day I hear hey, watch it asshole
(you fuckin piece of shit)

(piece of shit car)
I got piece of shit car
(he got a piece of shit car)
Diesel gas sucks my ass
(that fuckin pile of shit)
That pile of metal shit
(never gets him very far)

Oh what the fuck did I do
What the fuck did I do
What the fuck did I do
To get stuck with you
Youre too wide for drive-thru
And you smell like the shoe
But Im too broke to buy something new
Oh fuck me

Well the engine likes to flood
The car always fuckin stalls
And the seat cushions got a big rip
So a spring always pokes the balls
(ouch, ouch, ouch)
Plus the door locks are busted
I gotta use a fucking coat hanger
(what a pain in his ass)
And if a girlie sees my car
Theres no chance Ill ever bang her
(he never ever gets da pussy)
Hey shut up
(piece of shit car)
You piece of shit car

(you got a piece of shit car)
You piece of shit car
(piece of shit car)
Bald fuckin tires
(you got a piece of shit car)
No rearview fucking mirror
(piece of shit car)
Seven different colors
(you got a piece of shit car)
Fucking rag for a gas cap
(piece of shit car)
Tailpipe makes the sparks fly everywhere
(you got a piece of shit car)
(piece of shit car)
(you got a piece of shit car)
(piece of shit car)
Oh the whole town thinks Im a loser
(you got a piece of shit car)
Cabby give me a push
(piece of shit car...)

 

theres a line in a song called One More Last Chance by Vince Gill that tells the story of country singer George Jones who's wife took away his car keys to keep him from going down to the honky tonk...
"At first she hid my glasses
because she knows that I can't see
she said you ain't goin' nowhere boy
until you spend a little time with me

then the boys called from the honky tonk
said there's a party goin' on down here
well she might'a took my car keys
but she forgot about my old John Deere"

He was referring to his riding lawn mower...can you picture it!!!!

 

When I read the header I was actually planning on posting that song!

Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge
Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge
Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side
Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside
Well him and my uncle tore that engine down
I still remember that rumblin' sound
Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night
Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right
He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load
You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road

CHAZ

 

its not a line but the whole song never get tired of it.

Well, I left Kentucky back in '49
An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line
The first year they had me puttin' wheels on cadillacs

Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black.

One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand

I'd get it one piece at a time
And it wouldn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round.

So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends
I left that day with a lunch box full of gears
Now, I never considered myself a thief
GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years.

The first day I got me a fuel pump
And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome
The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home.

Now, up to now my plan went all right
'Til we tried to put it all together one night
And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.

The transmission was a '53
And the motor turned out to be a '73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone.

So we drilled it out so that it would fit
And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit
We had that engine runnin' just like a song
Now the headlight' was another sight
We had two on the left and one on the right
But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on.

The back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and when we got thru
Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin
About that time my wife walked out
And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
But she opened the door and said "Honey, take me for a spin."

So we drove up town just to get the tags
And I headed her right on down main drag
I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around
But up there at the court house they didn't laugh
'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds.

I got it one piece at a time
And it didn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is around.

(Spoken) Ugh! Yow, RED RYDER
This is the COTTON MOUTH
In the PSYCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on

Huh, This is the COTTON MOUTH
And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there RED RYDER
You might say I went right up to the factory
And picked it up, it's cheaper that way
Ugh!, what model is it?
Its a 49,50,51,52........

 

Ha .. You got it !!

How about some off beat stuff ?

 

Hmmm I guess I should have posted only a line!!

On a more traditonal note:

"Door handles are off but you know I'll never miss 'em
They open when I want with the solenoid system"

Beach Boys, Cherry Coupe

Stu

 

"Well it's been ten years and a thousand tears
and look atthe mess I'm in.
A broken nose and a broken heart,
an empty bottle of gin.
Well, I sit and I pray in my broken-down Chevrolet,
singin' to myself, there's got to be a better way"
Ball and Chain, Social Distortion

I also really enjoy "Thousand Dollar Car" by the Bottle Rockets:

"a thousand dollar car ain't even gonna roll
'till you put another thousand in the hole.
put your money in it, and there you are,
the owner of a two thousand dollar thousand-dollar car."

and "...replace your gaskets and paint over your rust
you'll still end up with something that you'll never trust.
Why did I ever buy a thousand dollar car?"

 

Well its quite obvius if you look at my name here!

 

fred eaglesmith and the flying squrriels

28 feet from bumper to bumper, last of the great gas guzzlers
hard to drive, harder to park --but when you do somebody remarks
'THATS A MIGHTY BIG CAR"

 

Im in Love with My Car by Mike Ness, writeen about his 55 Pontiac


Ain't got a girl
I ain't got many friends
Gonna drive that car of mine
To the living end
My baby likes to run
Run as fast as you can
And when I'm in her
I feel like a manI'm in love with my car.
Got a V-8 motor
Listen to her purr
And when I put my pedal down
My whole world's a blur


Cruisin' down the highway
My lead sled's mean and low
The police behind me
I ain't ready to goI'm in love with my car.
Got twin carburetors
I got dual exhaust
And it don't matter baby
If we get lost
Make love to me girl
In my back seat
The radio's a playin' something
Slow and sweetI'm in love with my car

 

Funny to see this thread tonight. I was thinking about this song today at work and looked it up online. Love these lyrics. When he passes the caddie in the song i get goose bumps every time i hear it. Writing that down sounds really gay.


Hot Rod Lincoln - Song Lyrics

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]My pappy said, 'Son, you're gonna drive me t' drinkin' ...
If you don't quit drivin' that - Hot ... Rod ... Lincoln!'[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Well, you've heard the story of the hot rod race,
When the Ford and the Mercury were settin' the pace.
That story's true I'm here to say,
Cause I was a'drivin' that Model A.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up;
That Model A body makes it look like a pup.
It's got 12 cylinders and uses them all;
And an overdrive that just won't stall.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]t's got a 4-barrel carb and dual exhausts,
4:11 gears that really get lost -
Safety tubes and I'm not scared,
The brakes are good and the tires are fair.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We left San Pedro late one night;
The moon and the stars were shinin' bright.
We were drivin' up Grapevine Hill,
Passin' cars like they were standin' still.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Then, all of a sudden, in the wink of an eye,
a Cadillac sedan passed us by.
The remark was made, "That's the car for me."
But, by then, the taillights wuz all you could see.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Well, the fellers ribbed me for bein' behind,
So I started to make that Lincoln unwind.
Took my foot off the gas and, man alive,
I shoved it down into overdrive.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Well, I wound it up to 110;
Twisted the speedometer cable right off the end.
Had my foot glued right to the floor;
I said, "That's all there is - there ain't no more."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Now the fellas thought I'd lost all sense;
The telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
They said, "Slow down, I see spots."
The lines on the road just looked like dots.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Went around a corner and passed a truck;
I crossed my fingers just for luck -
The fenders clickin' the guard rail post;
The guy beside me was white as a ghost.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Smoke was rollin' outta the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac
I knew I could catch him and hoped I could pass
But when I did I'd be short on gas.

There were flames comin' from out of the side;
You could feel the tension; man, what a ride.
I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly"
And the Cadillac pulled over and let me by.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]All of a sudden a rod started knockin';
Down in the depths she started a rockin'.
I looked in the mirror and a red light was blinkin';
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Well they arrested me and put me in jail.
I called my pop to make my bail.
He said, "Son, you're gonna drive me t' drinkin',
If you don't quit drivin' that - Hot ... Rod ... Lincoln!"[/FONT]

 

more fred eaglesmith

I had a cobra jet 428 in a 65 Ford and it sure ran great ..
take it out where the gravel road turns to oil, take it up to 110
tires screaching out and in out of the bends . lucy screaming
and hanging as tight as she can ..and it was CRAZY but it sure was GOOD !

 

Chuck Berry's "Maybelline" You can hear it on my site. www.zumografx.com
I also have Hot Rod Lincoln on my site to and it's funny cause they are both singing about a Ford racing a Caddy. Was there some sort of rivalry back then?

As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybelline in a Coupe deVille
Cadillac rollin' on an open road
But nothin' out-run my V8 Ford
Cadillac doin' about ninety-five
Bumper to bumper rollin' side to side

Maybelline, why can't you be true
Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true
You've started back doin' the things you used to do

Well the Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It done got cloudy and started to rain
I tooted my horn for the passing lane
The rain water poured up under my motor hood
I knew that were doin' my motor good

Maybelline, why can't you be true
Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true
You done started back doin' the things you used to do

------ harmonica ------

Well now, the heat went down and the motor cooled down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
Cadillac lookin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten a half-a-mile ahead
Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
I caught Maybelline at the top of the hill

Maybelline, why can't you be true
Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true
You done started back doin' the things you used to do

 

Radar Love by Golden Earring. I been drivin' all nite, my hand's wet on the wheel. And it's a half past 4 and i shiftin' gears

 

Groucho ..due to your avatar
I assume you like Pontiacs like that ?

Bitching Grand PRIX at swap meet here this weekend
I'm guessing 71 ? or 72 ?
want pics . details --I'll get them if so ?

 

Yes, i love Pontiacs. I've got a 421 in my 51 Ford, and i'm building a flake, 60's Show/Drag Deuce w/tripower, mag fired 389. I'd love to take a look at that G.P. The distance would be a big deal breaker though. But, i appreciate the thought, thanks a bunch.

 

Spend all of your time and money
On that Pontiac GTO pile
Getting tired of your greasy antics
My pride's getting hurt by the mile

No more engines on my mind
Keep your shocks and brakes aligned
I see that you're all jacked up
Leaving me and your exhaust behind...

 

I'll take pics .. It is red, black vinyl .. slick
It is not that far
You fly out ..drive it home

3 days ..and a story --Geez

 

Clutch - Spacegrass

- Matt

 

Tennessee Rounders "Flathead 8":

I got a hot rod Ford
she's a chop top coupe
three two barrels
and a 4 speed too
and a flathead 8, yeah a flathead 8,
gonna pick her up early and bring her home late
in my flathead 8.

 

Gotta love the Boss;

Now some folks say its too big
and uses too much gas
Some folks say its too old
and that it goes too fast
But my love is bigger than a honda,
its bigger than a subaru
Hey man theres only one thing
and one car that will do
Anyway we dont have to drive it honey,
we can park it out in back
And have a party in your Pink Cadillac

 

Ah yes, "Riviera Paradise" by the late great SRV. Best instrumental he EVER did.
~M~

 

OK, but get a PRICE too/also. PM me, i'm breaking off this one

 

"Why don't we do it in the road?"

The Beatles

 

One that I recall real well is by the old man in the early 1950's. : I got a hot rod Ford and a 2 dollar bill. And I know a spot right over the hill.. man if that ain't a slick pickup line, I don't know what is.. sure do miss the 50's

 

Cruisin' down the highway in a new Cadillac, got a fine fox in the front, I got 3 mo' in da back.
they sportin' short dresses, wearin' spike heeled shoes