I’m in Love with My Car Lyrics
The machine of a dream
Such a clean machine
With the pistons a-pumping
And the hubcaps all gleam
[Pre-Chorus]
When I'm holding your wheel
All I hear is your gear
When my hand's on your grease gun
Oh, it's like a disease, son
[Chorus]
I'm in love with my car
Got to feel for my automobile
Get a grip on my boy racer roll bar
Such a thrill when your radials squeal
[Bridge]
Told my girl I'll have to forget her
Rather buy me a new carburetor
So, she made tracks
Saying, "This is the end now
Cars don't talk back
They're just four-wheeled friends, now"
When I'm holding your wheel
All I hear is your gear
When I'm cruising in overdrive
Don't have to listen
To no run-of-the-mill talk jive
[Chorus]
I'm in love with my car (Ooh, I'm in love with my car)
Got to feel for my automobile (Ooh)
I'm in love with my car (Ooh, I'm in love with my car)
String back gloves
In my automolove (Ooh)
About
“I’m in Love with My Car” is one of Roger Taylor’s most famous songs in the Queen catalogue. The song was initially taken as a joke by Brian May, who thought that Taylor was not serious when he heard a demo recording.
The song speaks of Roger’s love for his car and was dedicated to the band’s roadie, Jonathon Harris, who was in fact obsessed with cars.
The song was often played live during the 1977–81 period. Taylor sang it from the drums while Freddie Mercury played piano and provided backing vocals. It was played during the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour in 2005 and the Rock the Cosmos Tour in 2008. Taylor would again play the song for his concerts with The Cross and solo tours, where instead of drums he played rhythm guitar.
Taylor also reportedly locked himself in a cupboard until bandmate Freddie Mercury agreed to include the song on the B-Side for Bohemian Rhapsody, (which apparently worked).
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Roger responds to a question about what car he owned when he wrote ‘I’m In Love With My Car’:
I remember my car at the time, because I think we’ve got the exhaust on the record, and that was a little Alfa Romeo. But I think it was more about people in general, for instance boy racers. In particular we had a sound guy/roadie at the time called Jonathan Harris, who was in love with his car, and that inspired that. I think he had a TR4, Triumph TR4.
Roger Taylor – 16/11/1997, Pop On the Line
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