OT: Okay It's Time For Music: Songs That Have The Name Of A Car Within Their Lyircs

[Yorkeez4]

 

[meyers7]

Cool band.

Fairlane - The Dirty Guv'nah's

 

[meyers7]

page 3?

Cars - Gary Numan

 

[meyers7]

Song about driving to your girl, listening to the radio.

No more speed, I'm almost there
Gotta keep cool, now gotta take care
Last car to pass, here I go
And the line of cars go down real slow, woah

Radar Love - Golden Earring

 

[McFly]

Another Oldsmobile

 

[Aluminny69]

 

[Aluminny69]

Here's a rare song:
Verse 1] I got a 1966 cherry red Mustang Ford
It's got a three hundred and eighty five horsepower over load
You know it's way too fast to be crawling on these interstate roads

[Verse 2] I broke her in at the airport on a runway at the JFK
I just touched the gas pedal and like to ran off into Jamaica Bay
I had to spin the wheels backwards or the momentum would have carried me away

[Verse 3] It's getting to be a big problem trying to figure the best possible route
I tried to stop in Indianapolis once and had to back up from Terre Haute
But now I can slow and stop her with my windbreaker parachute

 

[64Zcode]

John Hiatt, The Wreck Of The Barbie Ferrari

 

[PoppaBear]

My Maserati does 185. I lost my license, now I don't drive

 

[PoppaBear]

 

[PoppaBear]

Easin' down the highway in a new Cadillac,
I had a fine fox in front, I had three more in the back

 

[cullaville]

not a car but it is a vehicle

Kathy", I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh

 

[cullaville]

 

[RockInND]

Found her in a barn in Tennessee
I paid five bucks for my Bucket T

Oh man….a T Bucket with a nailhead Buick and narrow slicks. Iconic!

 

[Woof 101]

Fun, fun, fun (til her daddy took the T-bird away).

This song deserves a video. Not all the original but damn good combo of bands.

 

[Ex Nutmegger]

Another version

 

[AgStatesman]

Ya' ask me what kind of car am I drivin'?
Well a,
I'm drivin' a '48 Cadillac with Thunderbird wings
I'm tellin' ya' baby it's a runnin' thing
I could reach a groove a baby, get a gear
I think I could take it alright outta here

 

[Plebe]

 

[rvwsleep]

I've scrolled through the previous pages and was surprised to NOT see this song already posted. Early Beach Boys:

 

[Jackcatscal]

Sugar Magnolia blossom's blooming
Head's all empty and I don't care
Saw my baby down by the river
Knew she'd have to come up soon for air...

She can dance a Cajun rhythm
Jump like a Willys in four wheel drive
She's a summer love in the spring, fall and winter
She can make happy any man alive...

 

[Jackcatscal]

Truckin' got my chips cashed in
Keep truckin' like the doodah man
Together, more or less in line
Just keep truckin' on...
What a long strange trip it's been...

 

[FairView]

This was on the "Low Budget" album, a great piece of work that I think was very unappreciated. It also had songs like this and Captain America which spoke to what was going on in the world at the time. The"(Wish I could fly like) Superman" song has one of my favorite Kinks lines: "I'd like to fly, but I can't even swim."

 

[Bigboote]

Geez, the Beach Boys did a lot of songs about cars. When I was little, my older siblings had the single of Surfin' USA, which had this as the B side. It's about a drag race between a Corvette and a V-8 Dart.

 

[Bigboote]

I heard this one on the radio (college station) in the late 80's and was never able to find it. Then it showed up on his 3-disc set Orphans. I couldn't believe mu luck when it came on.

 

[FairView]

 

[itsasport]

What makes it time for music? I don't think it is. Don't I get a vote?

 

[Bigboote]

What makes it time for music? I don't think it is. Don't I get a vote?

Of course you get a vote. But based on the number of posts in this thread, I think you're off the island.

(As for me, if I'm awake it's time for music.)

 

[nwhoopfan]

Got a Pinto and a Benz that come to bad ends in this song.

 

[YoDore]

455 Rocket
Written by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Kathy Mattea had a hit with it.

"In my 455 Rocket
The kind the police drive
Couldn't hardly wait just to take my turn
She was made for the straightaway
She grew up hatin' Chevrolets
She's a rocket, she was made to burn"

I'm a big Kathy Mattea fan, but I pretty much worship Gillian Welch. I'm a big fan of Dave Rawlings, too, but.....Gillian Welch.

 

[Kat]