Cars are cars
All over the world
Cars are cars
All over the world
Similarly made
Similarly sold
In a motorcade
Abandoned when they're old

Cars are cars
All over the world
Cars are cars
All over the world
Cars are cars
All over the world

Engine in the front
Jack in the back
Wheels take the brunt
Pinion and a rack
Cars are cars
All over the world
Cars are cars
All over the world

But people are strangers
They change with the curve
From time zone to time zone
As we can observe
They shut down their borders
And think they're immune
They stand on their differences
And shoot at the moon

But cars are cars
All over the world
Cars are cars
All over the world

Drive â??em on the left
Drive â??em on the right
Susceptible to theft
In the middle of the night
Cars are cars
All over the world
Cars are cars
All over the world

I once had a car
That was more like a home
I lived in it, loved in it
Polished its chrome
If some of my homes
Had been more like my car
I probably wouldn't have
Traveled this far

Cars are cars
All over the world
Cars are cars
All over the world
Cars are cars
All over the world


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Cars Are Cars Lyrics as written by Paul Simon

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    Why does nobody rate this song? Maybe you have to be British...

    ShineYouDiamondon November 03, 2006   Link
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    Because it's probably Simon's most embarrassing lyrics ...

    freewneelon August 14, 2007   Link

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