Anya is out for a stroll in Kyiv’s Kreshatyk Street. A favorite pasttime for Kievniks is to cruise Kreshatyk Street on the weekend when it is closed to traffic.
Well I’m not braggin’ babe so don’t put me down
But I’ve got the fastest set of wheels in town
When something comes up to me he don’t even try
Cause if (it) had a set of wings man I know she could fly
She’s my little deuce coupe
You don’t know what I got
–The Beach Boys, Little Deuce Coupe
Today’s youtube is about the kind of cruising practiced in southern California in the 1950s and 1960s: The Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe. The song is from their fourth album “Shut Down” released in 1963. A Deuce Coupe refers to a 1932 Ford Coupe that was made a very popular hot rod from that era.
The Beach Boys: LITTLE DEUCE COUPE
Little deuce Coupe
You don’t know what I got
Little deuce Coupe
You don’t know what I got
Well I’m not braggin’ babe so don’t put me down
But I’ve got the fastest set of wheels in town
When something comes up to me he don’t even try
Cause if she had a set of wings man I know she could fly
She’s my little deuce coupe
You don’t know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don’t know what I got)
Just a little deuce coupe with a flat head mill
But she’ll walk a Thunderbird like (she’s) standin’ still
She’s ported and relieved and she’s stroked and bored.
She’ll do a hundred and forty in the top end floored
She’s my little deuce coupe
You don’t know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don’t know what I got)
She’s got a competition clutch with the four on the floor
And she purrs like a kitten till the Lake Pipes roar
And if that ain’t enough to make you flip your lid
There’s one more thing, I got the big slip daddy
And comin’ off the line when the light turns green
Well she blows ‘em outta the water like you never seen
I get pushed out of shape and it’s hard to steer
When I get rubber in all four gears
She’s my little deuce coupe
You don’t know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don’t know what I got)
