saturday light shows
playing your love you don't have so predicab[le]
thinking of ever going long i stop
play it out they begun smoke gots a big game

how's it rolling
swing it up up a day
play like it always did hey
and always something we bring here
so in love love as they come hey

funny still game close your eyes
toys and gasoline we could save the world
nothing's obscene if you close your eyes
boys and girls let's do this joyride

:scatting:

hey you're so like swine
swine only one more time stay

money is clean if you scrub it good
guns and gasoline we will save the world
nothing's obscene if you close your eyes
boys and girls welcome to this joyride

ride
ride
this ride

:scatting:

i got a bobblehead jesus
do my thing

yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah

oh i'm supposed to go say things
say things to go by
don't play it like i do do do coochie pie
a run it like we're running ? you're gon' die

money is filthy so we scrub it good
guns and gasoline we will save the world
nothing's obscene if we just close our eyes
boys and girls welcome to your joyride

ride
oh ride
oh this ride
this joyride


6.18.04 -

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i got a bobblehead jesus
keep me
keep me safe from harm
suck it all day

money is clean if you scrub it good
guns and gasoline we will save the world
nothing's obscene if we just close our eyes
boys and girls welcome to this joyride

:scatting:

money is clean if we scrub it good
guns and gasoline who could save the world
nothing's obscene if we just close our eyes
boys and girls welcome to this joyride

ride
ride
ride

:scatting:

yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah

:scatting:

money is clean if you scrub it good
with guns and gasoline we will save the world
nothing's obscene if we just close our eyes
boys and girls welcome to your joyride

ride
ride
ride


Lyrics submitted by jfleming40

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    i definitely agree with bryantsmith41. dave is one of the most prolific bush-haters in the country and his participation in the vote for change tour proves that even further. in the versions ive heard, he says: "my name is clean cause i scrub it good guns and gasoline can save the world nothing to see if we only close our eyes boys and girls welcome to this joyride"

    its obvious that hes talking about the "joyride" that bush has our country in. the wars and the corruption are what he talks about in the refrain. the meaning is just another reason for me to love this song though. i cant wait to hear it live again. WOO!

    DMBFan418on October 13, 2004   Link

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