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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From the albums
- Smiler (1974)
- Handbags & Gladrags: The Essential Rod Stewart (2018)
Rod Stewart popular songs
- 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
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Missing You