1. Mexico (live) - James Taylor
"Way down here, you need a reason to move."
2. Car And Driver (live) - Bill Morrissey
"I've got a Mercedes Benz with MD plates, I have no trouble finding dates."*
3. Amazing Grace (live) - Martin Sexton
"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me."
4. I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying - Sting
"Several weeks have passed now since she left me."
5. Rock 'n Roll Doctor - Chris Smither
"They had a woman in Georgia, didn't feel just right, she had fever all day and chills at night."
6. One More Goodnight Kiss (live) - Greg Brown
"Children are crying, dead leaves are flying."
7. Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads
"You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack."
8. The Acid Song (live) - Loudon Wainwright III
"I had not taken acid for 12 years, but one night last summer I did."
9. I'll Fly Away - Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch
"Some bright morning when this life is over, I'll fly away."
10. Jamaica Say You Will - Jackson Browne
"Jamaica was the lovely woman, I played her well."
*This is a very funny song, albeit an old one (1989), so it's a bit dated. I also suspect some of the humor might be New England–centric, but here are the lyrics in their entirety anyhow:
I've got a Mercedes Benz with M.D. plates: I have no trouble finding dates.
I've got a 1980 Subaru: One more semester, then I'm through.
A slant-six Dodge is no big thrill: But it's a car no atom bomb can kill.
I make a lot of dough in a high-tech job: Yeah sure, you bet, I drive a Turbo Saab.
Chorus:
I'll bet you a ten or even a fiver
You find the car, I'll find the driver.
It really ain't no big deal
To know who's inside that automobile.
Well, I've just airbrushed my Econoline: "A friend of the devil is a friend of mine."
I've got a 1962 Biscayne: It won't start if it looks like rain.
A four-wheel-drive with extra chrome: I keep it on the paved roads close to home.
A Cadillac the size of an Amtrak train: When I drive I take two lanes.
[chorus]
Now my Honda civic is a real go-getter: I look great it in my crew-neck sweater.
And my BMW draws applause: I am not bound by traffic laws.
I got a Ranger truck: I'm for import quotas. I won't park next to no Toyotas.
And my Volvo wagon will seat six: It'll run on diesel or trail mix.
[chorus]
The Car and Driver song by Bill Morrissey always cracks me up - especially since I'm both an engineer AND Saab driver. I first heard it on a Car Talk Tunes CD - are his other albums this funny?
Posted by: Jacob | March 18, 2005 at 12:18 PM