“The Big Three” refers to Chrysler, Ford, and GM, typically thought of as the largest automobile manufacturers. All three companies are based in Detroit, White’s hometown.

The whole song is basically a put… Read More [Chorus]

The Big Three killed my baby

No money in my hand again

The Big Three killed my baby

Nobody's coming home again

[Verse 1]

Their ideas make me want to spit

A hundred dollars goes down the pit

Thirty thousand wheels are rolling

And my stick-shift hands are swollen

Everything involved is shady

The Big Three killed my baby!

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

[Chorus]

The Big Three killed my baby

No money in my hand again

The Big Three killed my baby

Nobody's coming home again

[Verse 2]

Why don't you take the day off and try to repair?

A billion others don't seem to care

Better ideas are stuck in the mud

The motor's running on Tucker's blood

Don't let 'em tell you the future's electric

'Cause gasoline's not measured in metric

Thirty thousand wheels are spinning

And oil-company faces are grinning

Now my hands are turning red

And I found out my baby is dead!

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

[Chorus]

The Big Three killed my baby

No money in my hand again

The Big Three killed my baby

Nobody's coming home again

[Verse 3]

Well, I've said it now, nothing's changed

People are burning for pocket change

And creative minds are lazy

And the Big Three killed my baby!

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

[Outro]

And my baby's my common sense

So don't feed me planned obsolescence

Yeah, my baby's my common sense

So don't feed me planned obsolescence (yeah!)

I'm about to have another blow-out!

Yeah

I'm about to have another blow-out!