Probably the shortest ‘Track Of the Day’ there’ll ever be. UK Subs ‘I Live In A Car’ is a brief glimpse of poverty set to a raucous, slightly dissonant soundtrack. Fronted by the redoubtable Charlie Parker, who seemed old back then, and is still performing at 79; the Subs have a list of members, past and present, as long as your arm, with Parker being a constant. ‘I Live In A Car’ is, more than most, a defining punk single even if it first appeared on the ‘C.I.D’ single, hidden away as a subsidiary song. More relevant now than it was back then, mainly because now I reckon more people live in their cars. So there’s that.
Well i live in a car,
Yeah i live in a car
Well i ain't got no television set or stereo
Cos i live in a car
Don't try to call me up on the telephone
Cos i won't be home,
I live in a car
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Well i live in a car,
Yeah i live in a car
Well i ain't got no yard,
No i.d.card cos
I live in a car
Cops try to get me
But i don't care
I'm never there
Yeah i live in a car
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