Racing In The Street

Taylor Roger

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I got a 69 Chevy with a 396
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Fuellie heads and a Hurst on the floor
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She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot
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Outside the seven 'nd eleven store
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Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
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And he rides with me from town to town
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We only run for the money got no strings attached
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We set'em up and then we shut'em down

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Tonight tonight the strips just right
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I wanna blow'em off in my first heat
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Summer's here and the time is right
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For racing in the street

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We take all the action we can meet
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And we cover all the north east states
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When the strip shuts down we run'em in the street
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From the fire roads to the interstate
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Now some guys they just give up living
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And start dying little by little piece by piece
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Some guys come home from work and wash up
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And go racing in the street

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Tonight tonight the strips just right
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I wanna blow 'em all outta their seats
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We calling out around the world
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We're going racing in the street

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I met her on the strip three years ago
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In a Camero with this dude from L.A.
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I blew that Camero off my back
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And drove that little girl away
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But now there's wrinkles round my baby's eyes
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And she cries herself to sleep at night
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When I come home the house is dark
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She sighs 'baby did you make it alright?'
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She sits on the porch of her daddy's house
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But all her pretty dreams are torn
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She stares off alone into the night
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With the eyes of one who hates for just being born
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For all the shut-down strangers and hot-rod angels
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Rumbling through this promised land
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Tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea
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And wash these sins off our hands

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Tonight tonight the highway's bright
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Out of our way mister you best keep
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'Cos summer's here and the time is right
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For racing in the street

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Tonight tonight the strip's just right
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I'm gonna blow'em all outta their seats
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'Cos summer's here and the time is right
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For racing in the street
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In the street,         in the street,           in the street...