Two-Lane Blacktop

I'm pretty sure this song was inspired by the 1971 cult film "Two Lane Blacktop", which wouldn't be surprising, given Zombie's love for drive-in cinema. The lyrics of the song almost exactly mirror the movie.

For the record, the film was about two guys traveling the country in a hot-rodded '55 Chevy, picking up a girl along the way, and entering a cross-country race "for pinks" against an older man in a 1970 GTO. It was an interesting combination of an existentialist character study and a high-speed action film, and would be right up Rob's alley.

Lolol! “A glass of beer, a shot of rye” not a “scotch of rat”

Sounds like a good assumption, ApollyonCrash. Thanks for shedding some insight.

the lyrics are wrong the...it's actually...

Mechanic don't walk The driver don't talk

in the movie, the driver was mute, and the mechanic was a cripple

......................this song is so good its the kinda song i love to blast while im just driving around good stuff

Featured on [Need for Speed: Underground] soundtrack.

I tried to correct the lyrics but got "You lyric change did not submit. Try again."

The lyrics are almost completely wrong, but LyricFind won't change them so Songmeanings can't.

First, some notes.

Meta throughout the song, Rob Zombie ads 'a's' in a few places that aren't actually part of the lyrics, which can confuse people who don't get the references.

This song and almost everything in it are a reference to the movie Two-Lane Blacktop (1971, directed by Monte Hellman).

The second line should say "GTO lunatic" instead of 'gypsy girl' - GTO stands for Gran Turismo Omologato, and Pontiac had a model called the GTO. Like ApollyonCrash's comment said, the protagonists met a crazy old man driving a Pontiac GTO.

Third and fourth line of the first verse should just be a single line, and it goes 'Mechanic don't walk, the driver don't talk' - the movie protagonists were just The Mechanic and The Driver. The Mechanic had crippled legs and the driver was mute.

Third line of the second verse should be 'I bought her in Bakersfield, California' - that's a movie reference, it's where the protagonists bought their car.

Fourth line of the second verse should be 'A glass of beer, a shot of rye' - another movie reference, it's what they ordered at a bar.

Anyway here's the actual lyrics.

Where ya goin'? I've never been east I met a GTO lunatic on the track Mechanic don't walk, the driver don't talk 20 bucks between them just to keep them alive

Drivin' Drivin' Drivin' Blacktop rollin'

Where ya goin'? Goin' to Amarillo A zero to a sixty in a 7.5 I bought her in Bakersfield, California A glass of beer, a shot of rye

Come on! (Drivin') Come on! (Drivin') Come on! (Drivin')

Come on! (Drivin') Come on! (Drivin') Come on! (Drivin') Blacktop rollin'

Come on baby, I ain't crazy Come on baby, pick me up, pick me up! Come on baby, do me baby Come on baby, hook it up, hook it up!

Come on! Come on! Come on!

Come on! (Drivin') Come on! (Drivin') Come on! (Drivin') Blacktop rollin'

Where ya goin'? Airport road A clean machine, real home grown Baracuda '68 Nothing there, she can wait

Come on! (Drivin') Come on! (Drivin') Come on! (Drivin')

Come on! (Drivin') Come on! (Drivin') Come on! (Drivin') Blacktop rollin'

Come on baby, I ain't crazy Come on baby, pick me up, pick me up! Come on baby, do me baby Come on baby, hook it up, hook it up!

Come on! Come on! Come on!

Come on! (Drivin') Come on! (Drivin') Come on! (Drivin') Blacktop rollin'