Sweet September - 2018 #SLS

For Song Lyric Sunday our prompt is "car/cars."  The song that popped into my head first was the Beatles, "Baby You Can Drive My Car" but I don't like using the first thing that pops into my head.

I remember that Bob Seger had an album out called "Ride Out" a few years ago and that there was a song on the album (are they called that still?) about a car.  It is a "deuce and a quarter" but I had no clue what that meant.  Apparently it is a Buick Electra 225 which were made between 1959 and 1990.  This one is a 1977 version. 

Detroit Made

Bob Seger

I got me a deuce and a quarter, babe
She will ride you right
Pick you up about half past nine
We can ride all night

I came up from the country, baby
City's where I stay
Got me a deuce and a quarter, babe
It's all I got to say

She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe

Big-block she'll do all the work
So we can ride in style
Leather on those bucket seats
Carpet double pile
Chrome that takes the moonlight on
Sea to shining sea
You can hear those glass pipes rumble to the statue of liberty

She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe

Now when I first got out of high school
I drove an old farm truck
All the girls they walked right by me
Didn't even say good luck
Now I ride my 225, they all want to be my friend
I'll pick you up later tonight now baby
You can wait till then

She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe

Just about every cat I know wants him a coupe de ville
I pay half the price and get twice as nice
And they're still trying to pay that bill
Now I can't say everything's okay riding in my car
But I got me a deuce and a quarter baby
She goes like a shooting star

She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe
She's a Detroit made
Deuce and a quarter, babe

Songwriters: John R Hiatt

Detroit Made lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

We have seen Bob Seger in concert a few times and have tickets to a show he had to cancel because he was having neck problems.  I hope he gets better and can continue the tour!  Here are some scrapbook pages I made from the pictures I took at the concert. 

And here is the video of "Detroit Made:"

My first car was a Plymouth Valiant.  I named him "Prince" after the Prince Valiant cartoon strip (which truthfully I never read, I just liked the name!)

I thought it was a pretty sweet ride!  What was your first car?  What song comes to mind when you think about cars?  Share and play along if you'd like.  It makes Sunday blog hopping so much fun!