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I Cant Drive 55 Lyrics
One foot on the brake and one on the gas, hey!
Well, there's too much traffic, I can't pass, no!
So I tried my best illegal move
A big black and white come and crushed my groove again!
CHORUS:
Go on & write me up for 125
Post my face, wanted dead or alive
Take my license n' all that jive
I can't drive 55! Oh No! Uh!
So I signed my name on number 24, hey!
Yeah the judge said, "Boy, just one more
I'm gonna throw your ass in the city joint"
Looked me in the eye, said, "You get my point?"
I said "Yeah!, Oh yea!"
CHORUS
I can't drive 55!
Uh!
When I drive that slow, you know it's hard to steer.
And I can't get my car out of second gear.
What used to take two hours now takes all day.
Huh - It took me 16 hours to get to L.A.!
CHORUS
No, no, no, I can't drive...(I can't drive 55!)
I can't drive... (I can't drive 55!)
I can't drive 55!
Well, there's too much traffic, I can't pass, no!
So I tried my best illegal move
A big black and white come and crushed my groove again!
Go on & write me up for 125
Post my face, wanted dead or alive
Take my license n' all that jive
I can't drive 55! Oh No! Uh!
Yeah the judge said, "Boy, just one more
I'm gonna throw your ass in the city joint"
Looked me in the eye, said, "You get my point?"
I said "Yeah!, Oh yea!"
Uh!
And I can't get my car out of second gear.
What used to take two hours now takes all day.
Huh - It took me 16 hours to get to L.A.!
I can't drive... (I can't drive 55!)
I can't drive 55!
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We'll it's certainly a good teenage boy fantasy, and the video really adds, even if it's way overdone and kind of cheesy (in the best way!), IMO. I think that's a Ferrari 512BB (or 512BBi) he's driving--the contours are wrong for a 308-series--which means he must have gotten a gray market car, as Ferrari did not officially send that one to the U.S. I've always had a thing for those flat-12, mid-engine Ferraris.
What a great song... Was just submitted last week??? Heard on BTTF II...
Maybe the most political rock song of the 1980's...shows how politically unmotivated we were because this song protests the speed limit. Still, the song worked because the California speed limit is now 65. Killer song, but the speed limit change has dated it a little.
we should turn america into the next autobahn, or however you spell it. but hell yea! this is my song!
love it.
I can't drive 65 either!
Go on & write me up for 125 and So I signed my name on number 24,
what does that mean :o
"Go on & write me up for 125" is the speed. He's saying write me up for 125mph.
"Go on & write me up for 125" is the speed. He's saying write me up for 125mph.
"So I signed my name on number 24" possibly refers to the 10-24 code police officers use for assault, as Sammy grabs the officer to yell "55!!!!" in the music video.
"So I signed my name on number 24" possibly refers to the 10-24 code police officers use for assault, as Sammy grabs the officer to yell "55!!!!" in the music video.
This song always makes me drive fast in my sports car...its just a fun song. It always gets me pumped up for a night on the town with my friends.