Cars and Guitars
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| "Cars and Guitars" | ||||
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| Single by Tori Amos | ||||
| from the album The Beekeeper | ||||
| Released | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Piano | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tori Amos | |||
| Producer(s) | Tori Amos | |||
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| Cars and Guitars (US) | ||||
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"Cars and Guitars" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It serves as the tenth track on her eighth studio album The Beekeeper, released on February 22, 2005, by Epic Records in both the United States and Canada.
Background[edit | edit source]
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You can find additional song meanings here.
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
If I choke Boy
you start me up again
restring my wires y'know
this gearbox can make the shift polish my rims
Damned if you do
Damned if you don't
I swear it seems of late boy
I've even curved this body to fit your bow
still the rain can't confuse the thoughts that come
come in rhythm
'cause it never was the Cars and Guitars that came between us
Still a thought says what if I
keep on Drivin'
keep on Drivin'
"Yeah that whip has skirt"
you said it proud
Sometimes I'd watch her idle while you'd tune her up
me with silencer on
You and your crocodile clip
Me and my alligator pears yeah
all tricked out for the trip
that slid into a spin
You say that "I miss you"
You stop at my drive-thru
you know who you'll order some some boy
'cause it never was the Cars and Guitars that came between us
Still a thought says what if I
keep on Drivin'
keep on Drivin'
If I choke Boy
You start me up again
restring my wires y'know
this gearbox can make the shift
polish my rims
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Text Interviews[edit | edit source]
Do you ever start screaming in a car? Just having an argument, reliving an argument? And you go, "What is it gonna take? What language is it going to take for us to communicate on this issue?" So I thought, what is the language that this guy understands? So I decided to become a car... One with the stick that he can put his hands on and maneuver. He can polish my rims. He can step inside me. Then I decided I could also become a guitar. He could pick me up and play me and I could listen to what he's trying to say. If I could just change my shape we could maybe get through this because "it never was the cars and guitars that came between us." [toriamos.com - March 10, 2005]
One morning not long ago, I was driving into town in Cornwall, and a scenario occurred to me that involved a woman who just keeps driving. She gets up in the morning, has to go to work, has to get the kids ready for school, has to deal with the in-laws, the husband, everybody's needs. She becomes completely depleted, and hormonal -- God knows what's happening that day. So she just says, "I can't do this anymore" (sound familiar?) and keeps on driving. She doesn't pick that kid up from school-she makes a call and says, "I need you to pick him up, take care of him until I get home." Then maybe she just walks out of her life. She doesn't necessarily kill herself, but just decides, "I can't do this anymore." Now, this story probably happens every day. It's not me -- I didn't keep driving. But I want to explore that. I think it's hard for the audience to accept that an artist they love, who is one of the good guys, as they see it, would even explore one of these archetypes -- in the case of this story, Kali, goddess of destruction, is at play here -- and that can be scary. Certain archetypes are scary because they bring up specific qualities within us that maybe we have buried deep, deep down. And sometimes these qualities erupt, and this is where Pele comes in, and she can be quite a 5-Percent-Off-Your-Personality-Clearance-Sale type of teacher. But I can hang around for that. [Tori Amos: Piece by Piece][1]
Live Performances[edit | edit source]
To date, there have been a total of 26 live performances.[2]
Sheet Music[edit | edit source]
You can find sheet music at the following links.
Piano[edit | edit source]
YANTA[edit | edit source]
Music Notes[edit | edit source]
These transcriptions come from official releases.
Guitar[edit | edit source]
Music Notes[edit | edit source]
These transcriptions come from official releases.
Covers[edit | edit source]
The song has been covered by:
- The Vitamin String Quartet
You can find additional covers here.
Releases[edit | edit source]
Cars and Guitars has been released both studio and live on different formats. These include the following:
Official[edit | edit source]
Unofficial[edit | edit source]
To date, there has been no unofficial release of this as a bootleg recording.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Cars and Guitars." yessaid, 29 Apr. 2022, http://www.yessaid.com/lyrics/2005thebeekeeper/10carsandguitars.html
- ↑ "Tours - All Tours." Tori Amos Setlist Database, 29 Apr. 2022, https://www.toriset.org/index.php?t=0
| The Beekeeper | |
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| Songs | "Parasol" • "Sweet the Sting" • "The Power of Orange Knickers" • "Jamaica Inn" • "Barons of Suburbia" • "Sleeps With Butterflies" • "General Joy" • "Mother Revolution" • "Ribbons Undone" • "Cars and Guitars" • "Witness" • "Original Sinsuality" • "Ireland" • "The Beekeeper" • "Martha's Foolish Ginger" • "Hoochie Woman" • "Goodbye Pisces" • "Marys of the Sea" • "Toast" |
| B-sides | "Dolphin Song" • "Garlands" • "Not David Bowie" |
| Live | "The Original Bootlegs" |
| Related | "Original Sinsuality Tour" • "Summer of Sin Tour" |
