Double Life

It took me a while to figure out what these lyrics specifically meant. Sure, it was about cheating on your spouse, but I thought for the longest Ocasek was just plugging in whatever rhymed. Not true, these are excellent, though somewhat cryptic lyrics that I will help you interpret.

In summary, 90% of this song is about providing advice to the woman he is about to have the affair with. Warnings, about what life will be life. The other 10% he speaks to the listener about himself. I will identify the latter.

It takes a fast car lady to lead a double life

Time is short, and you are going to have to drive fast. It takes a slow star lady if you want to do it twice If you want to make it a deuce we are going to need more time. You take your backseat rumble Take your front seat wife Takes a fast car lady to lead a double life Identifies that you will have a double life...more on how to act later.

It takes a light foot lady to lead a double life

Advice that the lady needs to act like she always does when not with hiim It takes a good book maybe if you want to do it nice Read up on romantic lovemaking with your husband, and don't take your nasty sex home. When you idle at the stop light you better get the signal right Again, don't change your behavior at home. Light foot lady, you need a double life

Well, lift me from the wonder maze

This is where Ric is talking to the audience..."get me out of this craziness!" Alienation is the craze Could be Ric talking to audience or his woman. Either way, "People will discover us, and when they do, they will alienate us."

And it's all gonna happen to you You think it's a phase And it's all gonna happen to you When you drive in the haze

Ric's message to his woman. Pretty obvious, when you go down this route this is going to happen.

It takes a freeway lady to lead a double life

Again, drive fast It takes some leeway lady if you want to do it twice We are going to need to make some time for a deuce. Neon blinking on the street Obvious Everyone is bittersweet The bitter part goes with the alienation. The sweet part goes with the love and sex. Freeway lady, you lead a double life Obvious Well, lift me from the wonder maze Alienation is the craze And it's all gonna happen to you You think it's a phase And it's all gonna happen to you When you drive in the haze It's all gonna happen to you (It's all gonna happen to you) That's right I said And it's all gonna happen to you That's right well Gonna? say it to you (It's all gonna happen to you) Well that's right oh? It's all gonna happen to you, well I said it's all gonna happen to you yeah Gonna tell ya again, I said (It's all gonna happen to you) well...

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It took me a while to figure out what these lyrics specifically meant. Sure, it was about cheating on your spouse, but I thought for the longest Ocasek was just plugging in whatever rhymed. Not true, these are excellent, though somewhat cryptic lyrics that I will help you interpret.

In summary, 90% of this song is about providing advice to the woman he is about to have the affair with. Warnings, about what life will be life. The other 10% he speaks to the listener about himself. I will identify the latter.

It takes a fast car lady to lead a double life

Time is short, and you are going to have to drive fast. It takes a slow star lady if you want to do it twice If you want to make it a deuce we are going to need more time. You take your backseat rumble Take your front seat wife Takes a fast car lady to lead a double life Identifies that you will have a double life...more on how to act later.

It takes a light foot lady to lead a double life

Advice that the lady needs to act like she always does when not with hiim It takes a good book maybe if you want to do it nice Read up on romantic lovemaking with your husband, and don't take your nasty sex home. When you idle at the stop light you better get the signal right Again, don't change your behavior at home. Light foot lady, you need a double life

Well, lift me from the wonder maze

This is where Ric is talking to the audience..."get me out of this craziness!" Alienation is the craze Could be Ric talking to audience or his woman. Either way, "People will discover us, and when they do, they will alienate us."

And it's all gonna happen to you You think it's a phase And it's all gonna happen to you When you drive in the haze

Ric's message to his woman. Pretty obvious, when you go down this route this is going to happen.

It takes a freeway lady to lead a double life

Again, drive fast It takes some leeway lady if you want to do it twice We are going to need to make some time for a deuce. Neon blinking on the street Obvious Everyone is bittersweet The bitter part goes with the alienation. The sweet part goes with the love and sex. Freeway lady, you lead a double life Obvious Well, lift me from the wonder maze Alienation is the craze And it's all gonna happen to you You think it's a phase And it's all gonna happen to you When you drive in the haze It's all gonna happen to you (It's all gonna happen to you) That's right I said And it's all gonna happen to you That's right well Gonna? say it to you (It's all gonna happen to you) Well that's right oh? It's all gonna happen to you, well I said it's all gonna happen to you yeah Gonna tell ya again, I said (It's all gonna happen to you) well...

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Where did this sound go? Poetry, art, new wave... Hopefully, we can still hear it, this music ages so well