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500 (Shake Baby Shake) Lyrics
Shake, baby, shake
You know I can fit you in my arms
Brake, baby, brake
Taking me in with all your charms
I've never been inside you but you're so alluring
They call you "little mouse" by name in Rome and Turin
Looking now at your famous shape
They don't make them like you anymore
Shake, baby, shake
You know I can fit you in my arms
Brake, baby, brake
Taking me in with all your charms
When things are looking good there's always complications
I can't be with you so I'm at the railway station
Let's run away and be so alive
Escape the drudgery of this nine to five
Shake, baby, shake
You know I can fit you in my arms
Brake, baby, brake
Taking me in with all your charms
Shake, baby, shake
You know I worship from afar
Brake, baby, brake
How I wish you were my car
Shake, baby, shake
You know I can fit you in my arms
Brake, baby, brake
Taking me in with all your charms
Shake, baby, shake X4
I will
You know I can fit you in my arms
Brake, baby, brake
Taking me in with all your charms
They call you "little mouse" by name in Rome and Turin
Looking now at your famous shape
They don't make them like you anymore
You know I can fit you in my arms
Brake, baby, brake
Taking me in with all your charms
I can't be with you so I'm at the railway station
Let's run away and be so alive
Escape the drudgery of this nine to five
You know I can fit you in my arms
Brake, baby, brake
Taking me in with all your charms
You know I worship from afar
Brake, baby, brake
How I wish you were my car
You know I can fit you in my arms
Brake, baby, brake
Taking me in with all your charms
I will
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This song is about a Fiat sub-compact city car known as the 500 "Topolino", or "little mouse".
It did shake, it did brake (poorly), and it did frequently leave you with no choice but the railway station.
That said, people still love it for its "famous shape" and it was so popular that it remained in production in one form or another from 1937 through today.
They certainly don't make them like this anymore - and thank God for that.
Mazo.
Yes, certainly it's about her infatuation with the Fiat 500 "Topolino" subcompact car ("topolino" is literally, "little mouse", I understand). But the anthropomorphism is what makes the lyrics interesting. It could almost be a guy singing to some Twiggy-type fashion model with whom he's infatuated. She's talking to the car like a boyfirend or prospective boyfriend. Great song, very catchy!