Jerry was a race car driver
And he drove so goddamn fast
He never did win no checkered flag
But he never did come in last
Jerry was a race car driver
He'd say el sob number one
With a Bocephus sticker
On his 442 he'd light 'em up
Just for fun
Captain Pierce was a fireman
Richmond engine number three
I'll be a wealthy man when I get
A dime for all the things that
Man taught to me
Captain pierce was a strong man
Strong as any man alive
It stuck in his craw that they
Made him retire at the age of 65
Jerry was a race car driver
22 years old
Had one too many cold beers one night
And wrapped himself around a telephone pole.
And he drove so goddamn fast
He never did win no checkered flag
But he never did come in last
Jerry was a race car driver
He'd say el sob number one
With a Bocephus sticker
On his 442 he'd light 'em up
Just for fun
Captain Pierce was a fireman
Richmond engine number three
I'll be a wealthy man when I get
A dime for all the things that
Man taught to me
Captain pierce was a strong man
Strong as any man alive
It stuck in his craw that they
Made him retire at the age of 65
Jerry was a race car driver
22 years old
Had one too many cold beers one night
And wrapped himself around a telephone pole.
Lyrics submitted by knate15, edited by Iamwarthog
Jerry Was a Race Car Driver Lyrics as written by Reid L. Iii Lalonde Les Claypool
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B) Les is definitely the best bassist, I'm a huge fan of Vic Wooten and jaco and flea but you can so tell they learned how to play and were taught and got better as opposed to Les who never took a bass lesson and taught himself jamming with guys keeping the beat and doing his own thing. He is a pure, natural bassist, unlike the others. I have a billion analogies running through my head but I cant seem to pull one out..... it's like 3 guys go and study math and get their degrees and are amazing mathematicians while there's 1 guy who had no schooling and just had a mathematical mind and can do it naturally. That's why Les sounds so different and Primus is so weird because Les isn't the product of band class and years of being taught how to play, rather a primal urge to lay down fast, funky beats.
El Sob is short for El Sobrante, California, where Les and Ler are from.
he knows his shit quite a lot
hehe
I think he may be compairing Captain Pierce to Jerry.
Pierce is good person, and apparently had a large positive impact on Les. But it seems that he was too wreckless. He raced through life and enjoyed the thrill of it.
"He never did win no checkered flag,
but he never did come in last. "
His lifestyle didn't get him anywhere, and in the end he crashed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Maybe it's a warning to people to take care in how they handel their time. You never know how much of it you have. I think the message is don't rush through things. But then again, I have a tendency to derive meaning from something that means nothing at all. Feel free to criticize. ^__^
The "Dog will hunt" lyric is from Texas Chainsaw massacre 2. It may be imitated by les but i think the clip is taken right from the movie.