“Let’s Go” was the first single from The Cars‘ 1979 album Candy-O. The song was an international hit, making the top 10 in Australia and Canada, as well as reaching #14 in the United States.
“Let’s Go” describes a teenage girl who has begun to learn her beauty’s power over men.
[Verse 1: Benjamin Orr]
She's driving away
With the dim lights on
And she's making a play
She can't go wrong
She never waits too long
She's winding them down
On her clock machine
And she won't give up
'Cause she's seventeen
[Pre-Chorus]
She's a frozen fire
She's my one desire
And I don't want to hold her down
Don't want to break her crown
When she says
[Chorus]
Let's go
(I like the nightlife baby)
She says
(I like the nightlife baby)
She says
(Let's go)
[Verse 2]
She's laughing inside
'Cause they can't refuse
She's so beautiful now
She doesn't wear her shoes
She never likes to choose
She's got wonderful eyes
And a risqué mouth
And when I asked her before
She said she's holding out
[Pre-Chorus]
She's a frozen fire
She's my one desire
And I don't want to hold her down
Don't want to break her crown
When she says
[Chorus]
Let's go
(I like the nightlife baby)
She says
(I like the nightlife baby)
She says
(Let's go)
[Outro]
(I like the nightlife baby)
She says
(I like the nightlife baby)
She says
(Let's go)
Let’s Go was written by Ric Ocasek.
Let’s Go was produced by Roy Thomas Baker.