Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Cars
Performer
Ric Ocasek
Guitar
Benjamin Orr
Bass Guitar
David Robinson
Drums
Elliot Easton
Guitar
Greg Hawkes
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ric Ocasek
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jason Corsaro
Assistant Engineer
John Weaver
Assistant Engineer
David Robinson
Graphic Design
Ian Taylor
Engineer
Roy Thomas Baker
Producer
Paul McAlpine
Photography
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I wanna shake like LaGuardia
Magic mouth in the sun
Train ride to the courtyard
Before you can run
[Verse 2]
Down at the end of lonely street
Where no one takes a walk
There's someone lyin' at your feet
Someone's getting off
[Verse 3]
Just gimme some slack, yeah
Just gimme some slack
Gimme slack
That's all I want is slack
[Verse 4]
The seven floor of walk up
The old musty cracks
And the peeping keyhole introverts
With the monkeys on their backs
[Verse 5]
And the rooftops strung with frauleins
The pastel pinned up sails
The eighteen color roses
Against your face so pale
[Verse 6]
Just gimme some slack, that's right
Uh, gimme some slack
Gimme slack
Ooh, yeah
All I want is slack
[Verse 7]
I wanna float like Euripides
All visions intact
I'm alright with Fellini fiends
Trippin' over the track
[Verse 8]
Down at the end of lonely street
Where no one takes a chance
Someone's in the cheap light
Someone wants to dance
[Verse 9]
Just gimme some slack, that's right
All I want is slack
Oh, gimme slack
All I want is slack
Gimme slack
Slack, slack
Slack, slack
Yeah, gimme slack
Written by: Ric Ocasek