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In a wooden boat in the shipping lanes
With the freighters towering over me
I can hear the jets flying overhead
Making lines across the darkening sky
And when the sun is going down I can take a taxi into town
And the waiter at the restaurant sets a table just for me
Wheels keep on spinning round
spinning round spinning round
Wheels keep on spinning round
spinning round and round
(alright)
So I had a plane to take me to a place so far away from you
Eventually we began to see that we could be completely free
And I could get away from you
And you could get away from me
And we could live each separately in our cities in the sun
Wheels keep on spinning round
spinning round spinning round
Wheels keep on spinning round
spinning round and round
(alright)
In a seedy karaoke bar by the banks of the mighty Bosphorus
Is a Japanese man in a business suit singing ((Platters:Smoke Gets In Your Eyes|Smoke Gets In Your Eyes))
And the muscular cyborg German dudes dance with sexy French Canadians
While the overweight Americans wear their patriotic jumpsuits
Wheels keep on spinning round
spinning round spinning round
Wheels keep on spinning round
spinning round and round
Wheels keep on spinning round
spinning round spinning round
Wheels keep on spinning round
spinning round and round
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know (Why you say you are not in love with me)
I don't know (Why you say you are not in love with me)
I don't know (Why you say you are not in love with me)
Why you say you (music stops) are not in love with me
| MTL_Robbie (As far far left from Harperville as possible) | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 17:33 I like the line about sexy french canadians !  |
| offroadbiker (gooder 'n grits) | Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 07:24 Love the Cake! It's so refreshing to hear the band's unique and trademark sound. The band's musical perspective is very valuable, in my view. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 07:20 A 10 for me all day, every day. A lovely slice of cake. |
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 07:18 Unfortunate audio. |
| jhorton (Trailer Park on Cape Cod) | Posted: Dec 17, 2012 - 14:53 Aargh, this band still sucks! |
| citybiker (Chicago) | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 13:43 Love Cake! Love Wheels! Love Cakes on Wheels!! Song is not so yummy.  |
| kcar | Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 14:25 "And I could get away from you And you could get away from me" Right now that sounds absolutely goddamned wonderful. DaveInVA wrote: Cake songs would be great if it wasn't for this guys voice. I really like their instrumental songs. This guy just sounds like he is to much in love with the sound of his own voice for my liking.... It's the emotionally detached sarcasm in his "singing" that gets real tired, real fast. Every Cake song is like that. Learn to sing, fella, or let someone else take over now and then. |
| KaiT (Toronto Canada) | Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 14:17 Cake. Such a unique sound. Loved them from the first quirky note I've heard. |
| MikeszCZ (Czech republic) | Posted: Jun 02, 2011 - 04:10 Cake is a great band. |
| Skaterella | Posted: May 29, 2011 - 07:07 Love Cake |
| Skaterella | Posted: May 29, 2011 - 07:07 Love Cake |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: May 29, 2011 - 06:51 The plaintive refrain that ends this song just rips my heart out. |
| jhorton | Posted: May 01, 2011 - 14:41 Aaargh! Still horrible! |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 23:56 I like Cake for many reasons, but the best is that my son likes them too! |
| althuism | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 09:16 Not a big fan of cake... sorry. |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Apr 16, 2010 - 10:31 A permanent place on my travel playlist. Great music for the big escape after a breakup. |
| macadavy (Cascadia's attic, eh?) | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 14:44 i4niblind wrote: If you ever visit montreal you'll know exactly what he's talking about .... and i highly recommend it... mmmmmmm... sexy french canadians.... Ah, la grande metropole - OUI!  |
| Baby_M (a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 14:41 LastChance wrote: After Little Feat's "Let It Roll?" Ouch. Yeah, talk about yer abrupt transitions! |
| kjf06 | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 14:41 They could be giants! |
| LastChance (Fort Worth/Dallas) | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 14:40 After Little Feat's "Let It Roll?" Ouch. |
| sqqqrly (Baboosic Lake, NH) | Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 10:43 Reminds me of Singapore for bizarre reasons... |
| fran_tarkenton (Kamloops, British Columbia) | Posted: Dec 07, 2009 - 15:42 I love this Band. Another great song! |
| spigolli (Peachtree City, GA, USA) | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 06:26 I find this Cake downright objectionable. |
| DeemerDave (The Gate City of NH, USA) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 12:35 Love Cake. One of my favorite Cake songs. Wish John didn't hate Americans so much though. |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 12:34 Cake songs would be great if it wasn't for this guys voice. I really like their instrumental songs. This guy just sounds like he is to much in love with the sound of his own voice for my liking.... |
| mrdak | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 12:34 Another great bass guitar song........................ Yes! |
| fran_tarkenton | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 17:09 Awesome! Love the cake! |
| SuzenJueL (Minneapolis) | Posted: Jan 29, 2009 - 16:11 it's the sexy french canadian line he sings....well, i'm a bit biased to the French Candian(indian) ——wink—— Now i'm hooked. It won me....i like cake now...:) |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jan 25, 2009 - 19:10 macadavy wrote: What about this sexy French Canadian? http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/images2/GHI/genevievebujold.jpg Nice. |
| i4niblind (Vancouver, BC) | Posted: Nov 27, 2008 - 10:24 If you ever visit montreal you'll know exactly what he's talking about .... and i highly recommend it... mmmmmmm... sexy french canadians.... |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Nov 27, 2008 - 10:21 One of the few tolerable Cake songs, but why is it back in the hot rotation again? Someone die? |
| macadavy (Cascadia's attic, eh?) | Posted: Nov 23, 2008 - 14:45 What about this sexy French Canadian? http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/images2/GHI/genevievebujold.jpg |
| keller1 (Altered States) | Posted: Jun 22, 2008 - 12:10 lwilkinson wrote: NONE. Friend of mine married a Canadian woman who said that Canadian guys are SOB's and tend to like their whiskey and sled dogs better than their women; kinda like rednecks down here in Texas.   Where did she live? Baffin Island? I mean, that's a bit like saying that American guys look like the banjo player in Deliverance. Besides, getting lumped in w/GWB really torques me ... |
| luca77 (Melbourne,Australia) | Posted: Jun 18, 2008 - 16:40 Talking instead of singing is great if it's cool, clever or really interesting (Lou Reed, William Burroughs e.t.c e.t.c). This guy just irritates the hell out of me. |
| lwilkinson (North Am) | Posted: Apr 20, 2008 - 13:07 Frater_Kork wrote: Though I wonder wich Sexy French Canadian they are referring to? NONE. Friend of mine married a Canadian woman who said that Canadian guys are SOB's and tend to like their whiskey and sled dogs better than their women; kinda like rednecks down here in Texas. |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Apr 16, 2008 - 18:09  Let them eat Cake! |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 01:02 prickelpit96 wrote: SEXY French Canadians.^^ Though I wonder wich Sexy French Canadian they are referring to? |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 01:01 blastmeh wrote: French Canadians, tho...-1? SEXY French Canadians.^^ |
| rconlon (The Jersey Shore) | Posted: Dec 12, 2007 - 21:44 This song is OK, but I fell in love with this band when I heard a song they did called "Frank Sinatra" at the end of a Sopranos episode. |
| Martino (www.mmgzegwaard.nl) | Posted: Nov 11, 2007 - 12:07 Roverfish wrote: Oh, good lord, someone upload their cover of "War Pigs" and get this overplayed elementary school rendition out of the rotation for a year. I love Cake, but I sometimes wonder if I've been duped and this is the only tune they've ever done.
hear it for the #1st time =) |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | Posted: Oct 14, 2007 - 21:49 Oh, good lord, someone upload their cover of "War Pigs" and get this overplayed elementary school rendition out of the rotation for a year. I love Cake, but I sometimes wonder if I've been duped and this is the only tune they've ever done. |
| MonkeyPod (Florida) | Posted: Oct 14, 2007 - 21:46 Cake is so sweet! |
| blastmeh (Toronto) | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 02:10 tnt_thomas wrote: ::2:: at best because it mentions Canadians French Canadians, tho...-1? |
| Huey (Netherlands) | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 02:09 djblitz wrote: With close to 400 votes, I've never seen such a close consensus of opinion! Is there anyone else that disagrees this is a true 7 or 8?
Me...it's terrible  |
| phrawzty (Paris, France (by way of Canada)) | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 02:07 tnt_thomas wrote: ::2:: at best because it mentions Canadians
Mmm, that's good bigotry. |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: Sep 13, 2007 - 12:09 I want a patriotic jumpsuit. |
| Odyzzeuz (Austin, Texas) | Posted: Sep 13, 2007 - 12:06 AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgh!!!! Make! It! Stop! |
| Candela (Trondheim) | Posted: Jul 08, 2007 - 16:56 give us more cake..  |
| tnt_thomas (No C&W - This ain't RodeoParadise!!) | Posted: Apr 05, 2007 - 09:30 Like the Smiths, can't sing! ::2:: at best because it mentions Canadians |
| Tux (The Netherlands) | Posted: Mar 06, 2006 - 09:26 djblitz wrote: With close to 400 votes, I've never seen such a close consensus of opinion! Is there anyone else that disagrees this is a true 7 or 8?
Me: Posted: Mar 04, 2005 - 04:50 Lets be fair. Initially I rated this a 2, but it's better than that. I don't like the voice, but I gave it a 4 anyway.
And dropped back to 1. It's overplayed. The song annoys me more every time I hear it. I've passed the bounds of acceptance and moved Cake to my auto-mute list. |