Drive My Car Lyrics



Lennon/McCartney


Asked a girl what she wanted to be
She said baby, can't you see
I wanna be famous, a star on the screen
But you can do something in between

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And baby I love you

I told a girl that my prospects were good
And she said baby, it's understood
Working for peanuts is all very fine
But I can show you a better time

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And baby I love you

Beep beep'm beep beep yeah

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And baby I love you

I told a girl I can start right away
And she said listen babe I got something to say
I got no car and it's breaking my heart
But I've found a driver and that's a start

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And baby I love you

Beep beep'm beep beep yeah
Beep beep'm beep beep yeah
Beep beep'm beep beep yeah
Beep beep'm beep beep yeah

 
Lead Singer: Paul/John

Recording: 10/13/65
Mixing: 10/25/65, 10/26/65
Length: 2:25
Take: 4

Anomalies

0:16
Click (Right Ear)
Not on mono
0:20 * NEW *
Harsh piano edit as piano comes in.
0:44 * NEW *
Guitar fret-squeak sound, right channel.
0:52
Strange 'peep' (right channel) as instrumental comes back in
Not on mono
1:20-1:22
Paul? sings "You can drive my car" under the last notes of guitar solo. Listen carefully, the last 3 notes of the solo are on top of words "Drive My Car"

Through the whole song you can faintly hear a solo guitar echoing the bass guitar. Steve Moss says "I think they might have done like in the Anthology 2 version of 'Goodbye, Hello,' wherein they had additional instruments that they yanked from the album version"

1:42-1:53 * NEW *
Centre, right after "start right away" and each subsequent vocal line there are a number of stray guitar notes, as if the guitarist is idling, unaware they are being heard!
1:46
Paul fluffs the bass riff and plays a "safe" note instead

Originally written as "You Can Give Me Golden Rings." John Lennon hated the lyric, so they changed it to "Drive My Car" in the studio.

 

 
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