The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
The land of race car ya-yas
The land where you can't change lanes
The land where large fuzzy dice still hang proudly
Like testicles from rear view mirrors
The land of race car ya-yas
The land where you can't change lanes
The land where large fuzzy dice still hang proudly
Like testicles from rear view mirrors
The land of race car ya-yas, ya-yas
Oh no, the land of race car ya-yas
The land of race car ya-yas
Race car ya-yas
The land where you can't change lanes
The land where large fuzzy dice still hang proudly
Like testicles from rear view mirrors
The land of race car ya-yas
The land where you can't change lanes
The land where large fuzzy dice still hang proudly
Like testicles from rear view mirrors
The land of race car ya-yas, ya-yas
Oh no, the land of race car ya-yas
The land of race car ya-yas
Race car ya-yas
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not sure what it's about, just know it's one of the funniest damn things i've heard in a while
uhm...amerca's preoccupation with material things? "race car ya-yas" being motorheads. maybe "the land where you can't change lanes" implies futility in terms of making change in the world because of the country's obsession with being bigger, stronger, and faster, like a race car ya-ya.
I agree with backupdork. This has to be the best song I have ever heard that uses the word "testicles."
i agree with Lincoln131. Also possibly the greatest way of singing the word testicle i have ever heard too. I think the song meaning is a simple one (anger and frustration at people who take possesions far too seriously) but like many cake songs it is worded in such a way that it can be interpreted in more analytical and in depth ways if the listener wants to.
prolly written when on tour in the south, this song makes me think of modern day bo and duke redneck mo-fos who are complete idiots. cake songs have a deeper meaning, but i this this one is simply about people who see nascar as jesus and live as such. life in the city of lost senses,
I think this is about Los Angeles- a place where you can't change lanes because of the traffic. Assholes in 80s IROC Cameros with fuzzy dice in their mirrors cutting you off.. At least, that's the imagery I get when I hear this song. Sitting on a Los Angeles Highway
haha love this song also its like the shortest song ive had the pleasure of hearing but i guess its a short and simple point
Could just be a song about a parallell universe filled with "Race Car YaYas" and be completely random.
I honestly think this song is just a bunch of crazy shit John came up with and doesn't have much meaning.
I agree w/ backupdork, but the dice mean that we're in a species that is expanding and advancing in many ways, but still foolishly clinging to it's clumsy, laughable, primitive roots.