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Multimedia Index: List of 1972 Songs

Category: Chronological Archive
Description: A list of songs released in 1972. Lyrics are in the English language unless otherwise noted.
Contents: 6 originals · 3 covers
Page Sections: Original Songs · Covers

Original Songs

Chevrolet
Performers: ZZ Top
Songwriter: Billy Gibbons
Released: 4 April 1972 (Rio Grande Mud)
Featured Car: Chevrolet
In a flat Forty-One with my strat on the door;
We was goin' to the country for what we came for.
I'm sure you've smelled the trees in the air.
The best of motor cruisin's just the joy to get there.
Dead Skunk
Performer: Loudon Wainwright III
Songwriter: Loudon Wainwright III
Released: 15 June 1972 (Album III)
Crossin' the highway late last night;
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right.
He didn't see the station wagon car;
The skunk got squashed and there you are.
Geronimo's Cadillac
Performer: Michael Murphey
Songwriters: Charles John Quarto · Michael Martin Murphey
Released: 25 May 1972
Featured Car: Cadillac
External Link: Wikipedia
Sergeant, Sergeant, don't you feel;
There's something wrong with your automobile?
Governor, Governor, now aint it strange;
They didn't have no cars on the Indian range?
Highway Star
Performers: Deep Purple
Songwriters: Ritchie Blackmore · Ian Gillan · Roger Glover · Jon Lord · Ian Paice
Released: 25 March 1972 (Machine Head)
External Link: Wikipedia
Nobody gonna take my car;
I'm gonna race it to the ground.
Nobody gonna beat my car;
It's gonna break the speed of sound.
Lake Shore Drive
Performers: Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
Songwriter: Skip Haynes
Released: 1972
External Link: Wikipedia
And there ain't no road just like it, Anywhere I found.
Running south on Lake Shore Drive heading into town.
Just slippin' on by on LSD, Friday night trouble bound.
Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)
Performer: Jim Croce
Songwriter: Jim Croce
Released: 1972
Oh rapid Roy that stock car boy;
He's the best driver in the land.
He say that he learned to race a stock car;
By runnin' shine outta Alabam'.

Covers

Cab Driver
Performer: Hank Thompson
Songwriter: Carson Parks
Released: 1972
External Link: Wikipedia
Cab driver, drive by Mary's place;
I just want a chance to see her face.
Don't stop the meter, let it race;
Cab driver, drive by Mary's place.
Mercedes Benz
Performer: Goose Creek Symphony
Songwriters: Janis Joplin · Michael McClure · Bob Neuwirth
Released: 1972
Featured Car: Mercedes-Benz
External Link: Wikipedia
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends;
So, oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
Six Days on the Road
Performers: The Flying Burrito Brothers
Songwriter: Carl Montgomery
Released: 1972
Description: This version of the song would feature in the 1970 film Gimme Shelter.
External Link: Wikipedia
I got my diesel wound up and she's a-runnin' like a-never before;
There's a speed zone ahead, well, all right, I don't see a cop in sight;
Six days on the road and I'm a-gonna make it home tonight.




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