Cars and Girls - Prefab Sprout

Bruce dreams, life's a highway Too many roads bypass my way Or they never begin Innocence coming to grief At the hands of life, stinkin' car thief That's my concept of sin Does heaven wait all heavenly Over the next horizon? Ah! But look at us now (quit driving) Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls Just look at us now (start counting) What adds up the way it did when we were young? Just look at us now (quit driving) Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls Life's a drive through a dust bowl What does it do, do to a young soul We are deeply concerned Someone stops for directions Something responds deep in our engines We have all been burned Will heaven wait all heavenly Over the next horizon? (Ah) But look at us now (quit driving) Some things hurt more, much more than Cars and Girls Just look at us now (start counting) What adds up the way it did when we were young? Look at us now (quit driving) Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls Little boy got a hot rod Thinks it makes him some kind of new god Well, this is one race he won't win ('cause life's no cruise-) Life's no cruise with a cool chick Too many folks feelin' car sick But it never pulls in Bruce's thoughts, pretty streamers Guess this world needs its dreamers May they never wake up But look at us now (quit driving) Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls Just look at us now (start counting) What adds up the way it did when we were young? Just look at us now (quit driving) Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls

Mama's gone and got herself a new man It's a shame He's the same Mama please please, stop pretending This time, it won't end in tears I find myself, with a new daddy My mama needs love you see Guess she don't wanna be lonely And nobody's keeping score I don't say hi to those guys no more Said mama can't you feel me Holding my breath as they knock, knock, knock on our door You're just taking your ass to the top of that building Throwing yourself under cars and trains Taking the pill that you know will kill you Under the wheels The same, the same' Johnny's gone and got himself a new man He gets laid, every day Johnny please please, stop pretending This time, may just end in tears Take care of yourself Because you won't find 'daddy' When you're popping those pills Oh Johnny, is the danger just part of the thrill? And nobody's keeping score Johnny those guys that you shake it for I said 'Johnny can't you hear them Saying mama knows best as they knock, knock Knock on your door You're just taking your ass to the top of that building Throwing yourself under cars and trains Taking the pill that you know will kill you Under the wheels, the same, the same Taking your ass to the top of that building Throwing yourself under cars and trains Taking the pill that you know will kill you Under the wheels, wheels, wheels Pretty girl, little girl, what were you thinking Just 18 at the time You were a mother and child, at the same time You were a mother and child So young and fucked up baby Always higher than a child should see' Forgive me To the top of that building Under cars and trains Taking the pill that you know will kill you Under the wheels, wheels, wheels Mama don't you let him stay From bastard to loser, hurt you, used you in every way Mama, don't you let him stay, please Don't let him stay I said Jesus, Mary, and the Saints above, Won't you show him love?

Starin' at you takin' off your makeup Wondering why you even put it on I know you think you do, but baby, you don't need it Wish that you could see what I see when it's gone I see a dust trail following an old red Nova Baby blue eyes, your head on my shoulder Wait, baby, don't move, right there it is A t-shirt hanging off a dogwood branch That river was cold but we gave love a chance Yeah, to me You don't look a day over fast cars and freedom That sunset river bank, first time feeling, oh Yeah, smile and shake your head As if you don't believe me I'll just sit right here and let you take me back I'm on that gravel road, look at me On my way to pick you up You're standing on the front porch Looking just like that, remember that (oh, just like that) I see a dust trail following an old red Nova Baby blue eyes, your head on my shoulder Wait, baby, don't move, right there it is A t-shirt hanging off a dogwood branch That river was cold but we gave love a chance Yeah, to me You don't look a day over fast cars and freedom That sunset river bank, first time feeling, yeah, yeah I see a dust trail following an old red Nova Baby blue eyes, your head on my shoulder You don't look a day over fast cars and freedom That sunset river bank, first-time feeling I see a dust trail following an old red Nova (no, no, no) Baby, blue eyes, your head on my shoulder You don't look a day over fast cars and freedom, oh (T-shirt hanging off a dogwood branch) that sunset, on that river bank That river was cold but we gave love a chance, oh That first time feeling, yeah, yeah You don't look a day over fast cars and freedom That sunset river bank first time feeling

You know me, and I know you too, Say you're leaving, But I won't let you, I don't want to go on without you, I don't want to go on without you, I don't want to give up on us now, I don't want to give up on this now, We were happy, We had real good times, Now you're leaving, And it kills inside, I don't want to go on without you, I don't want to go on without you, I don't want to give up on us now, I don't want to give up on this now, Ride, Ride, Ride x3 I don't want to go on without you, I don't want to go on without you, I don't want to give up on us now, I don't want to give up on this now, I don't want to go on without you, I don't want to go on without you, I don't want to give up on us now, I don't want to give up on this now, Ride, Ride, Ride x3

Cruel is the Gospel thats sets us all free Then takes you away from me There is no Chicago urban blues More heartfelt than my lament for you I'm a liberal guy, too cool for the macho ache With a secret tooth for the cherry on the cake With a pious smile, a smile that changes what I say While I waste my time in regretting That the days went from perfect to just okay Lordy, what would I do? Don't call me possessive But God if he's smoochin' with you I's a jealous boy root, the world should be free But don't you go following suit, my heart is aligned It couldn't be neutral, I couldn't be that way inclined It's hard to defend Paa paa paa, these feelings might tuppent up friend, it's cruel Paa paa paa, it's cruel Paa paa paa, it's cruel, it's crueler than cruel But cruel is the Gospel thats sets us all free Then takes you away from me Should a love be tender and bleed out loud Or be tougher than tough and prouder than proud? If I'm troubled by every folding of your skirt Am I guilty of every male inflicted hurt? But I don't know how to describe the modern rose When I can't refer to her shape against her clothes With the fever of purple prose Lordy, what would I do? Don't call me possessive But God if he's smoochin' with you I's a jealous boy root, the world should be free But don't you go following suit, my heart is aligned It couldn't be neutral, I couldn't be that way inclined It's hard to defend Paa paa paa, these feelings might tuppent up friend, it's cruel Paa paa paa, it's cruel Paa paa paa, it's cruel, it's crueler than cruel But cruel is the Gospel thats sets us all free Then takes you away from me Cruel is the Gospel that sets us all free Then takes you away from me My contribution to urban blues

Some expressions take me back Like hair of gold and sweet Mary And running to me The sweet sweet songs that cloud your eyes Nostalgia supplies Loreto Highstreet buried me Beneath the oak tree As this is to me Then so to you is something else That keeps you up long past your bedtime, tearing hair The sweetest moment comes at last The waitings over In shock they stare and cue fanfare When Bobby Fischer's plane touches the ground He'll take those Russian boys and play them out of town The sweetest moment comes at last The waitings over In shock they stare and cue fanfare When Bobby Fischer's plane touches the ground He'll take those Russian boys and play them out of town Playing for blood as grandmasters should Some obsessions take me back Like hair of golden and sweet Mary And running to me The sweet sweet songs that cloud your eyes Nostalgia supplies Loreto Highstreet buried me Beneath the oak tree When Bobby Fischer's plane touches the ground He'll take those Russian boys and play them out of town The sweetest moment comes at last The waitings over In shock they stare and cue fanfare When Bobby Fischer's plane touches the ground He'll take those Russian boys and play them out of town Playing for blood as grandmasters should

I've been asking what is new, like my streetwise buddy do Body talk seems big with him, so it's conversations in the gym Ooh enchanted ooh enchanted "Pray Forsooth" and "I Adore" ain't the ticket anymore So how'd you recognise a king? You ask yourself can that cat swing It's time to learn tiger stretch tiger burn Ooh enchanted And the calendar pages blew Like the Montagues, like the Capulet crew Ooh enchanted We're addicted to friction too Comin' down the years, plain enchantment That's the glue that binds and bonds The dying to the new, plain enchantment Ain't no purple rain quite like it Here's something to dwell upon Now we're living next we're gone, so if you've love please pass it on 'Cos it's a disbelieving world, but sensitive as any girl It's time to learn tiger stretch tiger burn Ooh enchanted And the calendar pages blew Like the Montagues, like the Capulet crew Ooh enchanted We're addicted to friction too It's time to learn tiger stretch tiger burn Ooh enchanted And the calendar pages blew Like the Montagues, like the Capulet crew Ooh enchanted We're addicted to friction too Ooh enchanted now we're living!