Lyrics to
Shoo Be Doo

This version of Shoo Be Doo was released by The Cars in 1979.

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it’s funny honey but you don’t care
you never want to take me anywhere
you ride around in your cadium car
you keep wishing upon a star
why is it you don’t care
don’t you go making eyes on me
don’t remind me
don’t you tell me what to do
shoo be doo

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About Lyrics and Shoo Be Doo by The Cars

The lyrics to Shoo Be Doo are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Cars used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Shoo Be Doo have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Cars 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 Shoo Be Doo by The Cars. 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 Shoo Be Doo" means the words set to the music of Shoo Be Doo, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Cars. 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 Shoo Be Doo and the lyrics to Shoo Be Doo are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Cars who came here looking just for the lyrics to Shoo Be Doo, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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