Released: October 4, 1974
Songwriter: Bernie Taupin Elton John
Producer: Rod Stewart
[Verse 1]
I may not seem your ideal
When you look into my eyes
I don't smoke, I don't tell jokes
I'm not the custom made size
But baby let me take you
Out on the highway for a while
I'll show you where the man in me
Is when he doesn't hide
He's cruisin' in the fast lane
Stuck behind the wheel
Jekyll and Hyde going on inside
When I'm your automobile
[Chorus]
And let me be your car for a while child
Shift me into gear and I'll be there
Fill me up with five-star gasoline
I'll be your car, I'll take you anywhere
[Verse 2]
Don't you know I can't dance
I don't dig it, I can't see it at all
You say I'm just a specimen
And baby I can crawl
My physique just don't look
The way the physiques really should
But then again I've got an engine
Underneath my hood
When I'm cutting up the road
With a sports car on my tail
Frankenstein's inside my mind
And the wind's inside my sails
[Chorus]
And let me be your car for a while child
Shift me into gear and I'll be there
Fill me up with five-star gasoline
I'll be your car, I'll take you anywhere
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Don't you know I can't dance
I don't dig it, I can't see it at all
You say I'm just a specimen
And baby I can crawl
My physique just don't look
The way the physiques really should
But then again I've got an engine
Underneath my hood
When I'm cutting up the road
With a sports car on my tail
Frankenstein's inside my mind
And the wind's inside my sails
[Chorus]
And let me be your car for a while child
Shift me into gear and I'll be there
Fill me up with five-star gasoline
I'll be your car, I'll take you anywhere
[Instrumental Outro]
I may not seem your ideal
When you look into my eyes
I don't smoke, I don't tell jokes
I'm not the custom made size
But baby let me take you
Out on the highway for a while
I'll show you where the man in me
Is when he doesn't hide
He's cruisin' in the fast lane
Stuck behind the wheel
Jekyll and Hyde going on inside
When I'm your automobile
[Chorus]
And let me be your car for a while child
Shift me into gear and I'll be there
Fill me up with five-star gasoline
I'll be your car, I'll take you anywhere
[Verse 2]
Don't you know I can't dance
I don't dig it, I can't see it at all
You say I'm just a specimen
And baby I can crawl
My physique just don't look
The way the physiques really should
But then again I've got an engine
Underneath my hood
When I'm cutting up the road
With a sports car on my tail
Frankenstein's inside my mind
And the wind's inside my sails
[Chorus]
And let me be your car for a while child
Shift me into gear and I'll be there
Fill me up with five-star gasoline
I'll be your car, I'll take you anywhere
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Don't you know I can't dance
I don't dig it, I can't see it at all
You say I'm just a specimen
And baby I can crawl
My physique just don't look
The way the physiques really should
But then again I've got an engine
Underneath my hood
When I'm cutting up the road
With a sports car on my tail
Frankenstein's inside my mind
And the wind's inside my sails
[Chorus]
And let me be your car for a while child
Shift me into gear and I'll be there
Fill me up with five-star gasoline
I'll be your car, I'll take you anywhere
[Instrumental Outro]
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Handbags & Gladrags: The Essential Rod Stewart
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- I’d Rather Go Blind
- Mama You Been on My Mind
- Oh! No Not My Baby
- Only a Hobo
- Reason to Believe
- Crying Laughing Loving Lying
- Dirty Old Town
- Farewell
- Angel
- Sweet Little Rock ‘n’ Roller
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- It’s All Over Now (Single Version)
- You Wear It Well
- Italian Girls
- Street Fighting Man
- True Blue
- My Way of Giving
- Lost Paraguayos
- Missed You
- Sailor
- Gasoline Alley
- Handbags & Gladrags
- What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
- (I Know) I’m Losing You
- Man of Constant Sorrow
- An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down
- Mine for Me
- Country Comfort
- Everytime We Say Goodbye
- Jodie
- Jo’s Lament
- Mandolin Wind
- Auld Lang Syne
- Tomorrow Is Such a Long Time
- So Tired
- Lady Day
- Bring It On Home to Me/You Send Me
- You Put Something Better Inside of Me
- Pinball Wizard
- Twistin’ the Night Away
- Girl from the North Country
- Let Me Be Your Car
- What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Maggie May
From the albums
- Smiler (1974)
- Handbags & Gladrags: The Essential Rod Stewart (2018)
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- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
- Young Turks
- Maggie May
- Forever Young
- Love Is
- Sailing
- Handbags & Gladrags
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? (Remix)
- Maggie May (Live)
- Faith of the Heart
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Have I Told You Lately
- Didn’t I
- Baby Jane
- You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- When I Need You
- Downtown Train
- Rhythm of My Heart
- Hot Legs
- Ruby Tuesday
- Love Minus Zero/No Limit