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“Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” is a song about a young man named Jerry who loves driving his fast car around his hometown of El Sobrante. It also compares Jerry’s frivolous lifestyle with the exploits of a fireman named Captain Pierce. In the end, both men meet their fates in equally uninspiring ways...
[Intro]
Fire it up, man
[Verse 1]
Jerry was a race car driver
He drove so goddamned fast
Never did win no checkered flags
But he never did come in last
Jerry was a race car driver
He'd say "El Sob number one"
With a Bocephus sticker on his 442
He'd light 'em up just for fun
[Chorus]
Ah
Ah
[Verse 2]
Captain Pierce was a fireman
Richmond engine number three
I'll be a wealthy man when I get a dime
For all the things that man he taught to me
Now Captain Pierce was a strong man
Strong as any man alive
Stuck in his craw that they made him retire
At the age of sixty-five
[Chorus]
Ah
Ah
[Post-Chorus]
Go
[Interlude]
Heh, heh, heh, heh
Dog will hunt
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Ah
Ah
[Verse 3]
Jerry was a race car driver
Twenty-two years old
One too many cold beers one night
And wrapped himself around a telephone pole, go
Jerry Was a Race Car Driver was written by Tim “Herb” Alexander & Larry LaLonde & Les Claypool.
Jerry Was a Race Car Driver was produced by Primus.
Primus released Jerry Was a Race Car Driver on Tue May 14 1991.