Littl… Read Full Bio ↴Little Green Cars are an Indie rock band from Dublin, Ireland.
Little Green Cars can trace their roots back to a former band, The Revolts, founded in the mid 2000s in Dublin, Ireland. O'Regan and Seaver-O'Leary (as well as former Little Green Cars member Utsav Lal) played with this band which subsequently grew on to become Little Green Cars upon its dissolution. Since signing professional terms, the band has toured America and the UK extensively, released three singles and supported Jake Bugg on his UK tour. The US portion of the 2013 tour included a live performance of their single Harper Lee on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The band has played at the 2013 SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas and the Coachella music festival in California. The band is scheduled to perform at Lollapalooza 2013 in Chicago, IL.
The John Wayne
Little Green Cars Lyrics
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It's easy to fall in love with you
It's easy to fall in love
It's easy to fall in love with you
You go outside dressed like that
You knew what was going to happen didn't you
You knew I was slowly falling in love with you
And I...ooh
And I...ooh
You know it's your neglect
is the reason that I'm so obsessed with you
And when I asked you your name you said John Wayne
And I guess it's true
Coz then you shot me down
Doubled over and I hit the ground right in front of you
I guess in the Wild West
it's ok to shoot the pest that's annoying you
And I...ooh
And I...ooh
It's easy to fall in love
It's easy to be alone
It's easy to hate yourself
when all your love is inside someone else
It's easy to take it all
It's easy to give it to
when there's more people out there to love
than people who love you
And I...ohh
It's easy to fall in love
(It's easy to fall in love with you)
The reason that I'm so obsessed
(You knew what was going to happen didn't you)
I guess in the Wild West
(You knew I was slowly falling in love with you)
It's easy to fall in love
It's easy to fall in love with you
Little Green Cars' song "The John Wayne" is a bittersweet love song about falling in love with someone who does not reciprocate those feelings. The lyrics of the song start by asserting that it is easy to fall in love with this person. The singer goes on to describe how this person dresses and speaks, making it clear that they knew what effect they had on the singer. The singer is slowly falling in love with this person, and they know it. The irony is that the object of the singer's affection does not feel the same way.
The lyrics take a turn in the second verse as the singer blames their obsession on this person's "neglect." The person they are in love with is not interested in them, and that only makes the singer more obsessed. The reference to John Wayne is interesting because it suggests that this person embodies some kind of masculine ideal that the singer finds attractive. However, the fact that the singer gets shot down by this person suggests that this ideal is not attainable, or at least not for the singer.
In the last verse, the singer laments the difficulty of being in love and the feelings of loneliness that can come with it. Even though it is easy to fall in love, it is also easy to hate yourself when the person you love does not love you back. Despite this, the singer still finds it easier to give love than to receive it, even though there are "more people out there to love than people who love you." Ultimately, the song seems to be about the pain of unrequited love and the idea that sometimes falling in love is both easy and incredibly hard.
Line by Line Meaning
It's easy to fall in love
Falling in love is a common and effortless feeling
It's easy to fall in love with you
The singer fell in love with someone easily, most likely the person being addressed in the song
You go outside dressed like that
The person being addressed in the song dressed provocatively, perhaps with the intention of attracting attention
You knew what was going to happen didn't you
The artist believes that the person being addressed knew they would receive attention or advances dressed as they were
You talk to me like that
The person being addressed spoke to the artist in a way that made the artist fall in love
You knew I was slowly falling in love with you
The person being addressed could tell that the singer was developing feelings for them
And I...ooh
An expression of emotion that is hard to communicate with words
You know it's your neglect
The artist believes that the person being addressed is responsible for their obsessive feelings due to lack of attention or affection
Is the reason that I'm so obsessed with you
The artist's obsession with the person being addressed is caused by their actions
And when I asked you your name you said John Wayne
The person being addressed introduced themselves as John Wayne
And I guess it's true
The singer believes that the person being addressed was telling the truth about their name
Coz then you shot me down
The person being addressed rejected the artist's advances or feelings
Doubled over and I hit the ground right in front of you
The rejection hurt the singer badly, and they felt physically impacted by it
I guess in the Wild West
The singer is using a metaphor of the Wild West to indicate that sometimes people can be harsh and unfeeling towards others
it's ok to shoot the pest that's annoying you
The singer is suggesting that the person being addressed saw them as an annoying pest and felt justified in rejecting them
It's easy to be alone
Being alone comes naturally to some people
It's easy to hate yourself
Feeling self-hatred can be an effortless emotion for some people
when all your love is inside someone else
The singer is saying that they have placed all of their love and emotional investment into someone else, to the detriment of their own well-being
It's easy to take it all
Taking all of someone else's love and attention is a natural, easy impulse for some people
It's easy to give it to
Giving one's love and attention to others can come easily for some people
when there's more people out there to love
The artist is saying that it is easier to love others when there are many potential people to love
than people who love you
The artist is saying that they don't feel loved by anyone else in return
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: ADAM O'REGAN, DONAGH SEAVER O'LEARY, DYLAN LYNCH, FAYE O'ROURKE, STEPHEN APPLEBY
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BillCypher 1388
It's easy to fall in love
It's easy to fall in love with you
It's easy to fall in love
It's easy to fall in love with you
You go outside dressed like that
You knew what was going to happen, didn't you?
You talk to me like that
You knew I was slowly falling in love with you
And I... ooh
And I... ooh
You know it's your neglect
Is the reason that I'm so obsessed with you
And when I asked you your name you said John Wayne
And I guess it's true
'Cause then you shot me down
Doubled over and I hit the ground right in front of you
I guess in the Wild West
It's ok to shoot the pest that's annoying you
And I... ooh
And I... ooh
It's easy to fall in love
It's easy to be alone
It's easy to hate yourself
When all your love is inside someone else
It's easy to take it all
It's easy to give it to
When there's more people out there to love
Than people who love you
And I... ohh
It's easy to fall in love
(It's easy to fall in love with you)
The reason that I'm so obsessed
(You knew what was going to happen didn't you)
I guess in the Wild West
(You knew I was slowly falling in love with you)
It's easy to fall in love
It's easy to fall in love with you
wiped out
"It's easy to hate yourself, when all of your love is in someone else"
That's just a really good lyric omg.
theoriginalbillholt
It is. It reminds me of Peter Steele's quote in the liner notes for Type-O Negative's 'Bloody Kisses': "Base not your joy upon the deeds of others, for what is given can be taken away."
David O'Connor
stop english ing very good
Gravitating
"When there's more people out there too love, than people who love you".. Insanely good lyrics..
J C
wiped out
DSEray
I really like 'it's easy to take it all, it's easy to give it too, when there's more people out there to love, than people who love you'
froog
So gutted to have missed these guys when they were touring live. Phenomenal band. I hear they've all moved on to other projects now... Little Green Cars' catalogue of work will always be small but fantastic and memorable. Absolute hidden gem. I'm excited to hear their newer work and if they ever came back together, you just know it would be great!
Joe Hair
Your right. It's all art. And I'm happy they made this
KRAZEEIZATION
Great band. Miles better than most of their contemporaries. Sometimes the vocals sound like 'Mamas and the Pappas'. The music touches on the 60s, indie 80s. Good production with well though out arrangements. They deserve wider acclaim.
O S
KRAZEEIZATION you’re crazy