Car songs


Interesting story behind this song. Jim Peterik wrote it when he was in high school. There was a girl he liked that he had a crush on, and she always wanted him to drive her everywhere she needed to go, but would not give him the time of day otherwise. He always says to her he was only her "vehicle" but never good enough to be her boyfriend. That she was just using him for his car to give her rides all the time.
 


DEAD SKUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III​

Crossin' the highway late last night,
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right,
He didn't see the station wagon, car
The skunk got squashed and there you are!

(Chorus)
You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Stinkin' to high heaven!

Take a whiff on me; that ain't no rose!
Roll up yer window and hold yer nose,
You don't have to look and you don't have to see,
'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory,

(Repeat Chorus)

Yeah, you got yer dead cat and you got yer dead dog,
On a moonlight night, you got yer dead toad frog
Got yer dead rabbit and yer dead raccoon,
The blood and the guts, they're gonna make you swoon!

You got yer dead skunk, in the middle,
Dead skunk in the middle of the road.
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Stinkin' to high heaven.

C'mon stink!

You got it,
It's dead, it's in the middle,
Dead skunk in the middle!
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Stinkin' to high heaven!

All over the road, technicolor, man!

Oh, you got pollution.
It's dead, it's in the middle,
And it's stinkin' to high, high heaven!
 


I Feel Speed by Love and Rockets

Motorcycle and me
Motorcycle set me free
The motorbike don't go to fast
Just sets me free

Just you and me
You set me free
Just you and me
You set me high
High, high, high
I feel warm inside

On my motorcycle
The wind is all around
We are free

Me and the motorcycle
We, we are free
You set me high
High, high, high
You set me high

You set me free
You set me free
 


DEAD SKUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III​

Crossin' the highway late last night,
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right,
He didn't see the station wagon, car
The skunk got squashed and there you are!

(Chorus)
You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Stinkin' to high heaven!

Take a whiff on me; that ain't no rose!
Roll up yer window and hold yer nose,
You don't have to look and you don't have to see,
'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory,

(Repeat Chorus)

Yeah, you got yer dead cat and you got yer dead dog,
On a moonlight night, you got yer dead toad frog
Got yer dead rabbit and yer dead raccoon,
The blood and the guts, they're gonna make you swoon!

You got yer dead skunk, in the middle,
Dead skunk in the middle of the road.
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Stinkin' to high heaven.

C'mon stink!

You got it,
It's dead, it's in the middle,
Dead skunk in the middle!
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Stinkin' to high heaven!

All over the road, technicolor, man!

Oh, you got pollution.
It's dead, it's in the middle,
And it's stinkin' to high, high heaven!

A classic in its own right!
 
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