Lyrics:Motorcade [Version (a)]:
These toys are all lifeless
The armor's worn off
The shadow of a shadow
Is the ghost of a bomb
Skyscraper standing
In a desert alone
A helicopter searchlight
Is searching for no-one
We're all pushing up the tin can mountain top
The smokestack clouds with glory attached
We're all pushing up the tin can mountain top
The smokestack clouds with glory attached
The sky dancers dance
In a parking lot wind
That blows from a tundra
Where the jungle begins
If there's hope in a roadblock
Guns in a church
The lord will take his motorcade
And drive us into the dirt
We're all pushing up the tin can mountain top
The smokestack clouds with glory attached
We're all pushing up the tin can mountain top
The smokestack clouds with glory attached
There's a skyscraper on the moon
And a man standing on a window
Forty-second floor
There's a light beaming through the galaxy
Telling me everything's gonna be OK
We're all pushing up the tin can mountain top
We're all pushing up the tin can mountain top
We're all pushing up the tin can mountain top
We're all pushing up the tin can mountain top
We're all pushing up the tin can mountain top
The Song:"Motorcade" is the name of a song on Beck's album, The Information. It is a mix of folk guitar, a catchy sing-along melody, and beats. Very cool.
This was one of the later songs recorded for the album, as they were messing around. The recording amazes Beck: "This was the most exciting track to record because we were doing something we hadn't done before. There's an African element and some Spanish guitar." He adds, "I wouldn't mind doing a whole album like this." That would be amazing!