Cars and Girls

This is track #2 from the album. Paddy McAloon on this song: "'Cars and Girls' isn't an anti-rock song. It's simply saying to Bruce Springsteen that his metaphor for everything ('life's a highway') just isn't big enough to include all the complexity and sadness in the world." - NME, March 25, 1989

[Hook] Ba ba ba, sha-do-da-do-dun Ba ba ba, sha-do-da-do-dun Ba ba ba, sha-do-da-do-dun-da [Verse 1] Brucie dreams life's a highway Too many roads bypass my way Or they never begin Innocence comin' to grief At the hands of life's stinkin' car thief That's my concept of sin [Pre-Chorus] Does heaven wait all heavenly Over the next horizon? Ah! [Chorus 1] 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 Uh-wooh! [Verse 2] Life's a drive through a dust bowl What's 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 [Pre-Chorus] Will heaven wait all heavenly Over the next horizon? Ah! [Chorus 2] 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 Uh-wooh! Ah! [Hook] Ba ba ba, sha-do-da-do-dun Ba ba ba, sha-do-da-do-dun Ba ba ba, sha-do-da-do-dun-da [Verse 3] Little boy got a hot rod Thinks it makes him some kind of new god Well this is one race he won't win (Life's no cruise) 'Cause life's no cruise with a cool chick Too many folks feelin' car sick, but it never pulls in Brucie's thoughts, pretty streamers Guess this world needs its dreamers May they never wake up, alright [Chorus 3] 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 Just look at us now (quit driving) Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls 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 Uh-wooh! Ah-hah! [Hook] Sha-do-da-do-dun Ba ba ba, sha-do-da-do-dun Ba ba ba, sha-do-da-do-dun Ba ba ba, sha-do-da-do-dun-da