This is, as my Associate Producer Eddie Van Finley calls it, the " 2014 Driving Version".
A previous recording and arrangement of this song exists on my 2006 CD release, "It's About Time". I like that one too, but this is purposefully a little funkier, more rockin' and has lots of saxophones and trumpets. It IS more 'driving'. A cool song to play while driving a convertible, listening to sounds and fantasizing about some sexy "dreamboat lady" appearing in your rearview mirror who wants to flirt !
On CD 2 of this double-CD release, there can be found a 'vocals only' alternative mix of this song, which is fun too.
I suspect we'll put together a music video of this someday soon out here in Hawaii.
lyrics
This is the way I've always seen it in my mind
A beautiful girl drives up from me behind me one day
Flashin' those lazy eyes
Lickin' those lips from side to side
I took a trip, but before I had realized ........
I fell in love with the girl in the rearview mirror
I just happened to hear her
as she was drivin' up a little bit nearer
I fell in love with the girl in the rearview mirror
Now I was drivin' along, just singin' a song with the radio
when I saw her smile as we both were dialin'
same stations,
I just had to go,
" Hey, so you like good music too " ?!
She mouthed right back, "Let me sing it for you"
I nearly flipped. What a trip.
She was it. Then I knew
I'd fall in love with that girl in the rearview mirror (Who's lookin' at ya' ?)
I just happened to hear her (Who's gonna catch ya' ?)
as she was drivin' up a little bit nearer
Fell in love with the girl in the rearview mirror.
When she said, "Hey Honey, now what's your name " ?,
I started wonderin' "Now, what's her game ?" yeah
Like was I ever gonna be the same
or ever drive my car again ??
'cause up until then, I'd never met
The Girl In The RearView Mirror (Who's lookin' at ya' ?)
'just happened to hear her (Who's gonna catch ya ? )
as she was drivin' up a little bit nearer
Fell in love with the girl in the rearview mirror.
Now was I bein' a fool or playin' it cool ?
It's hard to say
'cause a dreamboat lady sayin' "Hey there, baby"
doesn't drive up to you every day.
So it could've been in a dream
I felt my heart and I heard a scream
Was it the tires or a choir of a Heavenly team ?
Sing !
'Fall in love with her boy"
"Fall in love with her boy"
"Fall in love with the girl in the rearview mirror (I fell in love with the girl )
"You just happened to hear her"
I just happened to hear her
as she was drivin' up a little bit nearer
I fell in love with the girl in the rearview mirror.
I just happened to hear her
as she was drivin' up a little bit nearer
Fell in love with the girl in the rearview mirror.
Girl in the rearview, Girl in the rearview
Girl in the rearview, Girl in the rearview
Mirror !
Ooo Ooo Ooo
Ooo Ooo Ooo
The first thing you hear when you listen to John's music is
the Beach Boys influence.
John sang on
stage with the Beach Boys nine times in the 1990's. You can watch the first time on video if you go to Youtube.com. You will see his soul shining from the joy of it.
John now resides in beautiful Kaneohe, Hawaii, where he continues to write, produce and record....more
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