Gimme the Car

Violent Femmes

Come on Dad
Gimme the car tonight
Come on Dad
Gimme the car tonight
I got this girl I wanna....
Come on Dad
Gimme the car

Come on Dad
Gimme the car tonight
I tell you what
I tell you what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna pick her up
I'm gonna get her drunk
i'm gonna make her cry
I'm gonna get her high
I'm gonna make her laugh
I'm gonna make her...shh
Woman, woman, woman
She gotta, I know she's it

Cuz I'm gonna touch her
All over her body
Gonna touch her
All over her body
Gonna touch her
All over her body
Gonna touch her
All over her body

And she can touch me
All over my body
She can touch me
All over my body
She can touch me
All over my body
She can touch me
All over my body

Time goes by
I can feel myself growing old
Burning inside's making this boy turn out cold

What's wrong
What's right
I don't care when I hate my life
What's wrong, What's right
Y'know people don't care when they hate their life
But how can I explain personal pain
How can I explain personal pain
How can I explain my voice is in vain
How can I explain the deep down
Driving, driving, driving,
We're driving, we're driving, we're driving

Hey Dad
Speaking of driving
Come on Dad
Gimme the car tonight

So much he don't understand,
Just might never make it to a man

Come on Dad
Gimme the car
Come on Dad
I ain't no runt
Come on girl
Gimme your...
Cuz I ain't had much to live for
I ain't had much to live for
Y'know I ain't had much to live for
Y'know I ain't had much to live for


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    This song is about teenage angst. If you can't figure that out from reading the lyrics, you're inept. This song is actually pretty insightful, reflecting back on my teens...dad refusing to give you the car on the night of something that is important... sexually charged frustration, etc.

    master_debateron March 28, 2003   Link

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