You'll believe in anything, they tell you how to think
A simple dance a circle in the raging roller rink
A trading in the alley, booking up a storm
Forget about reality 'cause nothing meets the norm (I'm not really sure about this verse)
Pre-chorus
So what can you do, you say?
They owe me a few, yeah
Blue tip me a cue, yeah
Chorus
You got that look on your face
You'd like to be in the race
You cannot hide your disgrace
You leave without a trace
? black and white TV, stroking all the gun heads into the ninth degree
You hear the screamers coming they clamor in disguise
You think that you'd be running to the other side
Pre-Chorus
Chorus (last line replaced with "can't fill an empty space")
You stupefy the thinkers
You harden all the flakes (?)
And all the things you think are true
Only mystify the fakes
Well keep your hat on backwards
And keep your lips tucked in
The world is full of quackers and bellybutton rings
I know you'd like to be immune to the things they say
You're hung up on your heroes and upon the beast you pray
Pre-Chorus
Chorus X2
A simple dance a circle in the raging roller rink
A trading in the alley, booking up a storm
Forget about reality 'cause nothing meets the norm (I'm not really sure about this verse)
So what can you do, you say?
They owe me a few, yeah
Blue tip me a cue, yeah
You got that look on your face
You'd like to be in the race
You cannot hide your disgrace
You leave without a trace
You hear the screamers coming they clamor in disguise
You think that you'd be running to the other side
You harden all the flakes (?)
And all the things you think are true
Only mystify the fakes
And keep your lips tucked in
The world is full of quackers and bellybutton rings
I know you'd like to be immune to the things they say
You're hung up on your heroes and upon the beast you pray
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I sense this song has to do with war: joining on the bandwagon (i.e. watching Fox News), believing the garbage fed to the masses, and what is trendy to believe. Perhaps the person this song is addressed to is smart, yet this person does not want to be involved or help solve the problem.
I'd love to hear other interpretations, or comments from the artist! (I wish!)
An overall theme that runs through The Cars seventh album, Move Like This, is that of lead vocalist and songwriter Ric Ocasek coming to terms with his lot in life and looking into the future. He explained to Spinner UK: "It was a lot of 'What's going on in the world today?' Maybe even a little sarcastic, weird look at it. It was just what I was feeling these days, this year. Just a bit about the times."
This song reflects the theme. Said Ocasek to Spinner: "The world's full of quackers. There's a lot of quackers out there. 'Stroking all the gunheads,' 'Stupefying the thinkers.' It's like a big ball of junk mail."