Songs:Little Red Vega (96810)

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Contents 1 Trivia, story behind the song, etc. 2 Lyrics 3 Cate's comments 4 Listener comments about this song 5 Other songs having to do with automobiles 6 Tags

Trivia, story behind the song, etc.

Lyrics

Little Red Vega
words and music by Tim Foley and Cate Doefer

(A7) Cruisin around, 'bout Seventy Six (G7)
(A7) 8 track blastin' a tune by Styx (G7)
(A7) a trip to mickey D's or to the flicks (G7)
(A7) up to my usual bag of tricks (G7)

Naked in a Vega Late Seventy Eight
way past curfew, gettin' late
fog on the windows, you can almost taste
prom dress crumpled up around her waist

Chorus:

    (D7-9) Little Red Vega you make me smile,
    (A7) radio's stuck, ain't got no dial,
    (D7-9) ain't got no speed, ain't got no style,
    (G7+) please just squeeze out another mile.

Alice Cooper concert, Nineteen Eighty
Lonestar beer, many bodies, weighty
the cop looked just like Warren Beatty
Saginaw and back, one dependable lady

On the edge with my Vega mid Eighty Two
Nobody knew what they were gonna do
Friday night, postpone with a mug of brew
Those years grew wings, they really flew

Chorus

Workin' like a dog in Eighty Five
a wonder this Vega's still alive
a can of oil every day to help her thrive
kiss the ground every place that I arrive

Traded her away for pocket change
interior showing signs of mange
new owner drove away, it was all arranged
couldn't help feeling a little strange.

Chorus

So many cars since, they come and go
Most are ok, some are so-so
You don't see many Vegas anymo'
Just an occasional flaming Pinto

In a field, kickin' up late summer dust
thinkin' about the two of us
I stumbled on a pile of orange rust
Little Red Vega joined the heavenly chorus

Lyrics & Music September 2004.

Cate's comments

This song was featured in CarTalk on NPR, show #200624. Very autobiographical. It's about Tim's first car. I went to that Alice Cooper concert with him (and his fiancee, and way too many other people, hence the "many bodies, weighty" line)

Listener comments about this song

Other songs having to do with automobiles

Song	Album	Artist	Tags	Time	Last played	Overall Rank	Your rank	Request
Stars And Scars	'Felts' In Retro Looking Back	Paul Felton	Tags: Country rock / Electric / Band / Solo vocalist	7:53	Aug 23rd, 2008	(2 votes)	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.
Golden Holden	Spaceman	Paul Symons	Tags: Resonator guitar / Cars / Solo vocalist / Acoustic	2:36	Jun 2nd, 2008	(7 votes)	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.
Used Black Cars	Everybody's Girl	Jen Foster	Tags: Electric / Pop rock / Rock / Alternative	4:30	Mar 19th, 2008	(4 votes)	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.
Used Cars	Even Trade	Terence Martin	Tags: Acoustic guitar / Cars / Solo vocalist / Harmonica	3:29	Oct 13th, 2008	(9 votes)	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.
Cars And Lovers	Cars & Lovers	David Glaser	Tags:	6:44	Never	(0 votes)	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.

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Little Red Vega by Monkeyshine SONG
on the album Monkeyshine Buy Monkeyshine at CD-Baby Monkeyshine	Request this song: Little Red Vega (Only logged in and authenticated users can make requests.) Overall rating: (14 votes) Your rating: You have to login to give your opinion about songs. Length: 4:36 Times played: 16 People hearing: 376 Times requested: 8 First played: Nov 20th, 2005 Last played: Oct 14th, 2008 Previously played: Jul 28th, 2008 Song ID#: 96810	Listener rankings: 5 stars=BlueRidge ♦ DogNut 4 stars=Cater ♦ sparx ♦ Jim ♦ Seaweed ♦ Kazookid ♦ Mert ♦ Griffin ♦ Kimchifox ♦ Scobey 3 stars=JC ♦ Doctordoug ♦ E.D. Egg