“Rental Car” is the twelfth track off of Beck’s 2005 album “Guero”. The song implies that like is like a rental car, as you can’t have it for long, or you’ll have to pay a lot of “money”.
This song, along with “Earthquake Weather” was originally intended to be on the 1999 album, “Midnite Vultures.”...
[Verse 1]
Hey now girl, what's the matter with me?
We're on a back road something to see
Straight as a razor kicking the dust
Digging through ditches and falling to rust
[Pre-Chorus]
Taking me far
Far as a rental car can go
[Chorus]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 2]
Hey now girl at the end of the road
Down where the reaper is walking alone
Singing a death knell, clapping along
At the end of the night there's a road we'll be on
[Pre-Chorus]
Taking me far
Far as a rental car can go
[Chorus]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Bridge]
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[Verse 3]
Straight as a razor kicking the dust
Digging through ditches and falling to rust
[Chorus]
Taking me far
Far as a rental car can go
[Chorus]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Rental Car was written by King Gizmo & E.Z. Mike & Beck.
Rental Car was produced by Dust Brothers & Beck.
Beck released Rental Car on Tue Mar 29 2005.