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"Find Yourself" is a song, sung by Brad Paisley, that was the 2nd song to play in the credits of Cars, after John Mayer's version of "Route 66", the song is also dedicated to the memory of Joe Ranft. It also plays in the scene when Lightning McQueen is repaving the road with Bessie on his third day in Radiator Springs.

This song serves as track 8 on the Cars soundtrack. An instrumental version is featured on Disney's Karaoke Series: Cars as well as a vocal version sung by David Jeremiah, it was also covered by Canadian singer-songwriter and actor Drew Seely as featured on Disneymania 5.

Lyrics[]

[Verse 1]
When you find yourself
In some far off place
And it causes you
To rethink some things
You start to sense
That slowly you're becoming someone else
And then you find yourself
[Verse 2]
When you make new friends
In a brand new town
And you start to think
About settling down
The things that would have been lost on you
Are now clear as a bell
And you find yourself
Yeah that's when you find yourself
[Chorus]
Well you go through life
So sure of where you're heading
And you wind up lost
And it's the best thing that could have happened
'Cause sometimes when you lose your way
It's really just as well
'Cause you find yourself
Yeah, that's when you find yourself
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
When you meet the one
That you've been waiting for
And she's everything
That you wanted and more
You look at her and you finally start
To live for someone else
And then you find yourself
Yeah that's when you find yourself
[Outro]
We go through life
So sure of where we're heading
And then we wind up lost
And it's the best thing that could have happened
And sometimes when you lose your way
It's really just as well
Because you find yourself
Yeah, that's when you find yourself

Connections to the movie[]

In a way, "Find Yourself" summarizes the plot and events of Cars.

  • When you find yourself in some far off place - Lightning McQueen ending up in Radiator Springs, a forgotten little town located near Route 66.
  • You start to sense that you're slowly becoming someone else - Lightning letting go of his cocky and selfish personality to become a more humble and selfless car.
  • When you make new friends In a brand new town - Lightning befriending the residents of Radiator Springs.
  • Well, you go through life so sure of where you're heading - Lightning wanting nothing more than to win the Piston Cup and be sponsored by Dinoco.
  • And then we wind up lost, and it's the best thing that could happen - Lightning starting to miss Radiator Springs and its residents once he is forced to go to California by the members of the Piston Cup press, despite absolutely despising the town at first and wanting to leave at all costs.
  • When you meet the one that you've been waiting for, and she's everything that you wanted and more - McQueen meeting and falling in love with Sally.
Songs
From Films
"Real Gone" • "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" • "Life is a Highway" • "Behind the Clouds" • "Our Town" • "Sh-Boom" • "Find Yourself" • "My Heart Would Know" • "You Might Think" • "Collision of Worlds" • "Mon Cœur Fait Vroum" • "Nobody's Fool" • "Polyrhythm" • "Nothing Can Stop Me Now" • "You Don't Stop - NYC" • "Fly" • "Love Machine" • "Ein Crop Duster Can Race" • "Still I Fly" • "Runway Romance" • "All In" • "Run That Race" • "Kings Highway" • "Truckaroo" • "Thunder Hollow Breakdown" • "Glory Days" • "Ride" • "Drive My Car" • "Freeway of Love" • "Your Own Disguise"
From Attractions
"Welcome to Radiator Springs" • "Radiator Rock" • "Mambo Italiano" • "Stop in the Name of Love" • "Riding in My Car (Car Car Song)" • "Low Rider" • "Junkyard Jamboree" • "Big Bulldozer" • "Tow Mater (The One You Want to Call)" • "Mater's Square Dance" • "Let's Go Driving" • "Radiator Springs Racers: Attraction Ride Through" • "Party Rock Anthem" • "Good Feeling" • "Dancing in the Street" • "Car Wash" • "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" • "What Makes You Beautiful" • "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" • "Conga" • "Don't Go"
Miscellaneous
"Rollin' in the Rearview" • "Songbird" • "The Star-Spangled Banner" • "Me and You" • "Westbound Sign" • "Trouble" • "City to City" • "Run (I'm a Natural Disaster)" • "Vantage Point Theme" • "Crash" • "Shut Up and Drive" • "Mater Bells" • "More Human than Human" • "Don't Bring Me Down" • "Tere Bina" • "Up in the Air" • "Fly High" • "The Girl from Ipanema" • "Anchors Aweigh" • "Thunderstruck"
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