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General CommentThe song is about Tom's friend Larry Beazer who while on a date needed to get her back to Pasadena, and the only gear left on his car was reverseso the song is about the drive back home, in reverse, with every car flashing him, a bunch of cars stuck behind him cause he's so slow going backwards (the parade he's leading), being over taken by trucks cause again he's so slowand even though everyone else on the road is mad at him, he's had a great date and is generally pretty happyTom Discussed it on the VH1 storyteller album.
Lyrics to 'Ol' 55' by Tom Waits. Well my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splickly out to my old '55 As I drove away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive. Now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks, Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade. Bucky On their full-length debut, Ontario’s Freeways provide a structural layer of 80’s heavy metal reinforced with explosive melody and nasty hook. True Bearings leads with obvious influences such as early Def Leppard, Thin Lizzy, and UFO, while burning an endless tank of NWOBHM riffs like a wingless Eagle-5.
Well, my time went to quicklyI went lickety-splitly out to my old fifty-fiveAs I pulled away slowly, feelin' so holy,
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God knows I was feelin' aliveAnd now the sun's comin' upI'm ridin' with Lady LuckFreeway cars and trucksStars beginning to fade, and I lead the paradeJust a wishin' I'd stayed a little longerLord, don't you know the feelin's gettin' strongerSix in the morning, gave me no warnin'I had to be on my wayNow the cars are all passin' me,Trucks are all flashin' meI'm headed home from your placeAnd now the sun's comin' upI'm ridin' with Lady LuckFreeway cars and trucksStars beginning to fade, and I lead the paradeJust a wishin' I'd stayed a little longerLord, don't you know, the feelin's gettin' strongerWell, my time went to quicklyI went lickety-splitly out to my old fifty-fiveAs I pulled away slowly, feelin' so holy,God knows I was feelin' aliveAnd now the sun's comin' up, yes it isI'm ridin' with Lady LuckFreeway cars and trucksFreeway cars and trucks,Ridin' with Lady LuckFreeway cars and trucks,Ridin' with Lady LuckFreeway cars and trucksRidin' with Lady Luck.
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