"Life is a Highway" is a song from Cars. It is performed by Rascal Flatts. The song was written by Tom Cochrane, and was originally performed by him as well. Rascal Flatts would record their own version for Cars. The song plays during Mack and Lightning McQueen's trip across the country and comes to an end when Harv calls McQueen.
"Life is a Highway" would also reappear in Cars: Mater-National Championship, as one of the songs to be heard during races. The song also appears on Disney's Karaoke Series: Cars, with an instrumental and vocal cover by Neil Donell. It is also used in DJ's Dance 'n' Drive at Cars Land.
Lyrics[]
(Note: Bolded lyrics are not in the movie)
- [Intro]
- Woo!
- Hmm, yeah!
- [Verse 1]
- Life's like a road that you travel on
- When there's one day here and the next day gone
- Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand
- Sometimes you turn your back to the wind
- There's a world outside every darkened door
- Where blues won't haunt you anymore
- Where the brave are free and lovers soar
- Come ride with me to the distant shore
- [Pre-Chorus]
- We won't hesitate
- To break down the garden gate
- There's not much time left today, yeah
- [Chorus]
- Life is a highway!
- I wanna ride it all night long!
- If you're goin' my way
- I wanna drive it all night long!
- [Verse 2]
- Through all these cities and all these towns
- It's in my blood and it's all around
- I love you now like I loved you then
- This is the road and these are the hands
- From Mozambique to those Memphis nights
- The Khyber Pass to Vancouver's lights
- Knock me down, I'm back up again
- You're in my blood, I'm not a lonely man
- [Pre-Chorus]
- There's no load I can't hold
- The roads are rough, this I know
- I'll be there when the light comes in
- Just tell 'em we're survivors
- [Chorus]
- Life is a highway!
- I wanna ride it all night long! (Woo)
- If you're goin' my way
- I wanna drive it all night long! (All night long)
- A gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, yeah
- Life is a highway!
- I wanna ride it all night long! (Hmm, yeah)
- If you're goin' my way (You're goin' my way)
- I wanna drive it all night long! (All night long)
- [Bridge]
- There was a distance between you and I (Between you and I)
- A misunderstanding once
- But now we look it in the eye
- Ooh, yeah (Hmm, yeah)
- [Instrumental Break]
- [Refrain]
- There ain't no load that I can't hold
- The roads are rough, this I know
- I'll be there when the light comes in
- Tell 'em we're survivors
- [Chorus]
- Life is a highway!
- I wanna ride it all night long! (All night long, yeah!)
- If you're goin' my way
- I wanna drive it all night long! (A gimme, gimme, gimme, a gimme, gimme, yeah!)
- Life is a highway! (Life is a highway!)
- I wanna ride it all night long! (Woo, yeah!)
- If you're goin' my way (Goin' my way)
- I wanna drive it all night long! (All night long, yeah; come on, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, yeah!)
- Life is a highway!
- I wanna ride it all night long! (Yeah, I wanna drive it all night long, baby!)
- If you're goin' my way (You're goin' my way)
- !I wanna drive it all night long! (All night long!)
Trivia[]
- "Life is a Highway" is the only vocal song from Cars that has made a reappearance in any of the video games.
- "Life is a Highway" is also the only song from the film to receive an official music video.
- Rascal Flatt's cover of the song would also be featured in many external media such as Top Gear: US Special, Lego Rock Band, and Fuser.
External links[]
- "Life is a Highway" on Wikipedia.
- "Life is a Highway" music video on YouTube.