15 Dope Song Lyrics About Cars
Every genre of music has its own way to commemorate the automobile. From new aged Indie Rock to old school Hip-Hop – musicians love singing about road trips, luxury automobiles and run-ins with the law.
There really is no escaping pop-culture, even with the most underground of artists. What represents “pop” more than the latest vehicle trends? We’ve picked our favorite songs about cars and travel here at Automopedia – what are yours?
Rock:
“They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolet’s.” – Bruce Springsteen, Thunder Road
“Though it’s cold and lonely in the deep dark night, I can see paradise by the dashboard light…” – Meat Loaf, Paradise by the Dashboard Light
“When I pulled into town in a police car, your daddy said I took it just a little too far…” – Aerosmith, Sweet Emotion
“…drive my car into the ocean. You’ll think I’m dead, but I sail away, on a wave of mutilation…” – Pixies, Wave of Mutilation
“Write me up a 125. Post my face wanted dead or alive. Take my license, all that jive…I can’t drive 55!” – Sammy Hagar, I Can’t Drive 55
Rap / Hip-Hop:
“That thang keep calling, f*&k maintain boy, gotta keep ballin’ – Pink bottles keep coming, James Bond Coupe, pop clutch one-hundred.” – Rick Ross ft. Drake, Aston Martin Music
“License and registration and step out of the car – Are you carrying a weapon on you? I know a lot of you are. I ain’t stepping out of S&!t, all my papers legit! Well do you mind if I look around the car a little bit? Well my glove compartment is locked, so is the trunk in the back, and I know my rights, so you gonna need a warrant for that” – Jay-Z, 99 Problems
“Could you love me in a Bentley? Could you love me on a bus? I’ll ask 21 questions, and they all about us.” – 50 Cent ft. Nate Dogg, 21 Questions
“In the Rolls Royce like the King of Nigeria. My criteria, smoke cigars. Change rap like Jimi Hendrix changed Rock And Roll, with a broke guitar, diamonds flashing…” – Nas, Where Y’All At
“My Hooptie! Rollin, tailpipe draggin. Heat don’t work an my girl keeps naggin. 6-9 Buick, deuces rollin. One hubcap cause three got stolen…” – Sir Mix-A-Lot, My Hooptie
Indie Rock:
“In the suburbs I, I learned to drive, and you told me I’d never survive. Grab your mother’s keys, we’re leaving…” – Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
“If you call me up drunk, at four in the morning, no matter the time zones or
state lines away. I’ll be on bus lines or burning up phone cards, just like I lived eight blocks away.” – Defiance, Ohio, Response to Griot
“All roads lead toward the same blocked intersection. I am coming home to you, with my own blood in my mouth. And I am coming home to you, if it’s the last thing that I do” – Mountain Goats, Sax Rohmer #1
“Well my time went so quickly, I went lickety-split out to my old ’55. As I drove away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive.” – Tom Waits, Ol ’55
“I know it’s a lie, I want it to be true. The rest of the ride is riding on you. Over goodbyes we’ll buy some place for…” – Metric, Collect Call
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