And I thought “Take me for a ride in your car-car. Take me for a ride in your car-car.” was close to a perfect match. Considering it’s Peter, Paul, and Mary, the folkie band, that’d explain the ‘like a kid’s song’ feel. Of course, it is mixed up in my head with ‘we’re all going to the zoo tomorrow’, but I havn’t heard either in 20 years.
Looks like it’s Woody Guthrie, originally. Annnnd I found a recording.
Wow. That sounds like a real possibility. Have to go to my complete Monty Python. (On 23 video cassettes.)
“Going to the zoo, zoo, zoo; How about you, you, you; To see the elephant shrew, shrew, shrew…”
Okay, that’s how I always sang it.
It’s in Episode 13 of MPFC, “Intermission,” near the end.
Whatever the case, there is some weird shit going on in this thread. Oh and ,rowrrbazzle I think that is who I was remebering but I could swear he did some other bit with Dwiving in the car car car and turning on the radio. But I was pulling a lot of bong hits back in those days so I could be wrong
Yeah, I’ve heard that too–it’s the Springsteen/Pointer Sisters song “Fire,” mentioned above, done in an Elmer Fudd voice. But there’s no repetition of the word “car” in that song, so it can’t be what Exapno is looking for.
I know you said it isn’t a children’s song, but I am compelled to post that I have a song stuck in my head with the same refrain.
It is from Caillou (shudder) and he’s singing “We’re driving in the car car car, We’re going very far far far, I don’t know where we are are are, when we’re driving in the car” (or something similar)
Ah! I didn’t find it last night! I’ll look there, but I foud the song via Google, and it is also by Peter, Paul and Mary and no mention of riding in the car. 
OP, good luck!
Sounds like another possibility (haven’t found my Pythons yet). I can’t find a trace of an audio version though.
OK, I’ve held my tongue long enough on this one. It’s Robin Williams, ferchrissake.