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Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)

This version of Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) was released by Jim Croce in 1972.

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Oh Rapid Roy that stock car boy
He too much too believe
You know he always got an extra pack of cigarettes
Rolled up in his t-shirt sleeve
He got a tattoo on his arm that say “baby”
He got another one that just say “hey”
But every sunday afternoon he is a dirt track demon
In a ’57 Chevrolet

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’
Oh the demolition derby
And the figure eight
Is easy money in the bank
Compared to runnin’ from the man
In Oklahoma City
With a 500 gallon tank

Oh Rapid Roy that stock car boy
He too much too believe
You know he always got an extra pack of cigarettes
Rolled up in his t-shirt sleeve
He got a tattoo on his arm that say “baby”
He got another one that just say “hey”
But every Sunday afternoon he is a dirt track demon
In a ’57 Chevrolet

Yeah, Roy’s so cool, that racin fool
He don’t know what fear’s about.
He do a hundred thirty mile an hour, smilin at the camera
With a tooth pick in his mouth.
He got a girl back home, name of Dixie Dawn
But he got honeys all along the way
And you oughta hear ’em screamin for that dirt track demon
in a ’57 Chevrolet.

Oh Rapid Roy that stock car boy
He too much too believe
You know he always got an extra pack of cigarettes
Rolled up in his t-shirt sleeve
He got a tattoo on his arm that say “baby”
He got another one that just say “hey”
But every sunday afternoon he is a dirt track demon
In a ’57 Chevrolet

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About Lyrics and Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) by Jim Croce

The lyrics to Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Jim Croce used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Jim Croce and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) by Jim Croce. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)" means the words set to the music of Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jim Croce. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) and the lyrics to Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jim Croce who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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