From the recording HUBCAP
I've had several requests to put this song on my site. It was one of our show stoppers live. Unfortunately, this is the only version I have..an unfinished demo. David suggested the title to me, along with a Cinderella type story he wrote as a child. I ruminated on it for about 6 or 8 months, but couldn't come up with a 'song' with all the 'common' parts..ie, verse, chorus, etc. Once I determined it should be a 'saga', I wrote it in about an hour. Probably our most requested number, and David sung it like it was the last song he was ever gonna sing. :) You had to see it live to believe the excitement this perfomance piece induced. Cool.
Lyrics
HUBCAP
SITTING AT THE LIGHT WHEN I TURNED MY HEAD
SHE GAVE ME A WINK AND I TURNED RED
WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN WE WERE OFF TO THE RACES
NECK AND NECK…KEEPING UP THE PACE..
BUT SHE MUSTA HAD A GEAR THAT SHE SAVED FOR THIS
SHE FLEW LIKE A LEAR JET BLEW ME A KISS
WHEN SHE BLEW ME AWAY I KNEW THAT MOMENT
I’D NEVER WANT NO OTHER WOMAN
OH SHE LEFT ME IN THE DUST
WITH JUST ONE CLUE TO WHO SHE WAS
ALL SHE LEFT WAS A HUBCAP
SPINNING LIKE A TOP ON THE BLACKTOP
GRINNING LIKE A CAT THAT ATE THE CANARY
SHE’S THE KIND OF GIRL THAT I’D LIKE TO MARRY
HUBCAP…MISSING LIKE A SHOE IT’S MY ONE CLUE
WHERE OH WHERE IS THAT BLUE CAMARO
GONNA SEARCH THE WORLD TIL I FIND THAT GIRL
WITH ONE BARE WHEEL I FEEL LIKE I MIGHT LOVE THAT
HUBCAP LADY…
I VOWED IF I FOUND HER SHE’D NEVER GET AWAY
SO I TOOK OUT AN AD AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAID
‘WHERE’S THAT GIRL WITH THE 3 WHEEL COVERS..?
I GOT THE OTHER…I THINK I LOVE HER
I TOOK THAT HUBCAP EVERYWHERE I WENT
I CLEANED IT UP AND I FIXED THE DENT
CARVED MY NAME AND A QUESTION MARK
AROUND THEM DREW A GREAT BIG HEART
I WAS OBSESSED I WOULDN’T QUIT
UNTIL I FOUND THE WHEEL IT FIT…
CHORUS
THEN I CAME UPON A WASHED OUT BRIDGE
I LOOKED DOWN THE RIVER AND UP ON THE RIDGE
SAT A BLUE CAMARO..ONE HUBCAP SHY
I HOPPED DOWN THE BANK LIKE A DEER I RAN
I FOUND THAT GIRL AND I TOOK HER BY THE HAND
SHE WAS BARELY BREATHIN’ BUT STILL ALIVE
AND A NEWSPAPER SAT RIGHT BY HER SIDE
WIDE OPEN TO THE CLASSIFIEDS
AND CIRCLED WAS MY AD IN RED
THEN I HELD HER AND I KISSED HER AND SHE SMILED AT ME AND SAID
“YOU KNOW I LOOSENED UP MY HUBCAP
AND HOPED THAT YOU WOULD FIND IT ON THE BLACKTOP
I WAS GRINNING LIKE A CAT THAT ATE THE CANARY
CAUSE YOU’RE THE KIND OF BOY THAT I’D LIKE TO MARRY”
THEN I GAVE HER THAT HUPCAP…….
SPUN HER LIKE A TOP ON THE BLACKTOP
WE WERE GRINNING LIKE CATS THAT ATE THE CANARY
WE RAN AWAY AND WE GOT MARRIED!!
AND ALL WE LEFT WAS A HUBCAP….