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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Prefab Sprout
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paddy McAloon
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Prefab Sprout
Producer
Paddy McAloon
Producer
Jon Kelly
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Ba, ba, ba, sha-doo-da-doo-doo
Ba, ba, ba, sha-doo-da-doo-doo
Ba, ba, ba, sha-doo-da-doo-doo-ba
[Verse 2]
Brucie dreams life's a highway
Too many roads bypass my way
Or they never begin
Innocence, come on, a 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
[Verse 3]
But look at us now (Quit drivin')
Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls
Just look at us now (Start countin')
What adds up the way it did when we were young?
Just look at us now (Quit drivin')
Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls
[Verse 4]
Ooh-woo-hoo
[Verse 5]
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
Somethin' responds deep in our engines
We have all been burned
Will Heaven wait all heavenly
Over the next horizon? Ah
[Verse 6]
But look at us now (Quit drivin')
Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls
Just look at us now (Start countin')
What adds up the way it did when we were young?
Look at us now (Quit) drivin'
Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls
[Verse 7]
And woo-ooh, ah
[Verse 8]
Ba, ba, ba, sha-doo-da-doo-doo
Ba, ba, ba, sha-doo-da-doo-doo
Ba, ba, ba, sha-doo-da-doo-doo-ba
[Verse 9]
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' carsick
But it never pulls in
Brucie's thoughts, pretty streamers
Guess this world needs its dreamers
(Ah) May they never wake up, alright
[Verse 10]
But look at us now (Quit) drivin'
Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls
Just look at us now, start countin'
What adds up the way it did when we were young?
Just look at us now, quit drivin'
Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls
Just look at us now (Quit) drivin'
Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls
Look at us now, start countin'
What adds up the way it did when we were young?
Look at us now (Quit drivin')
Some things hurt more, much more than cars and girls
[Verse 11]
A woo-hoo, ah
Sha-doo-ba-doo
[Verse 12]
Ba, ba, ba, sha-doo-da-doo-doo
Ba, ba, ba, sha-doo-da-doo-doo
Ba, ba, ba, sha-doo-da-doo-doo-la
Written by: Paddy McAloon