RELUCTANTLY CROUCHED
AT THE STARTING LINE
ENGINES PUMPING
AND THUMPING IN TIME
THE GREEN LIGHT
FLASHES
THE FLAGS GO UP
CHURNING AND BURNING
THEY YEARN
FOR THE CUP
THEY DEFTLY MANEUVER
AND MUSCLE FOR RANK
FUEL BURNING FAST
ON AN EMPTY TANK
RECKLESS AND WILD
THEY POUR
THROUGH THE TURNS
THEIR PROWESS
IS POTENT
AND SECRETLY STERN
AS THEY SPEED
THROUGH THE FINISH
THE FLAGS GO DOWN
THE FANS GET UP
AND THEY GET
OUT OF TOWN
THE ARENA IS EMPTY
EXCEPT FOR ONE MAN
STILL DRIVING
AND STRIVING
AS FAST AS HE CAN
THE SUN
HAS GONE DOWN
AND THE MOON
HAS COME UP
AND LONG AGO
SOMEBODY LEFT
WITH THE CUP
BUT HE'S DRIVING
AND STRIVING AND
HUGGING THE TURNS
AND THINKING
OF SOMEONE
FOR WHOM
HE STILL BURNS
HE'S GOING
THE DISTANCE
HE'S GOING FOR SPEED
SHE'S ALL ALONE
ALL ALONE
IN A TIME OF NEED
BECAUSE HE'S
RACING AND PACING
AND PLOTTING
THE COURSE
HE'S FIGHTING
AND BITING
AND RIDING
ON HIS HORSE
HE'S GOING
THE DISTANCE
YA HO ALRIGHTY ALL
NO TROPHY NO FLOWERS
NO FLASHBULBS NO LINE
HE'S HAUNTED
BY SOMETHING
HE CANNOT DEFINE
BOWEL-SHAKING
EARTHQUAKES
OF DOUBT AND REMORSE
ASSAIL HIM IMPALE HIM
WITH MONSTER-TRUCK
FORCE IN HIS MIND
HE'S STILL DRIVING
STILL MAKING THE GRADE
SHE'S HOPING IN TIME
THAT HER MEMORIES
WILL FADE
'CAUSE HE'S RACING
AND PACING
AND PLOTTING
THE COURSE
HE'S FIGHTING
AND BITING
AND RIDING
ON HIS HORSE
THE SUN
HAS GONE DOWN
AND THE MOON
HAS COME UP
AND LONG AGO
SOMEBODY LEFT
WITH THE CUP
BUT HE'S STRIVING
AND DRIVING AND
HUGGING THE TURNS
AND THINKING
OF SOMEONE
FOR WHOM
HE STILL BURNS
'CAUSE HE'S
GOING THE DISTANCE
HE'S GOING FOR SPEED
SHE'S ALL ALONE
ALL ALONE
IN A TIME OF NEED
BECAUSE HE'S
RACING AND PACING
AND PLOTTING
THE COURSE
HE'S FIGHTING
AND BITING
AND RIDING
ON HIS HORSE
HE'S RACING AND PACING
AND PLOTTING
THE COURSE
HE'S FIGHTING
AND BITING
AND RIDING
ON HIS HORSE
HE'S GOING
THE DISTANCE
HE'S GOING FOR SPEED
HE'S GOING
THE DISTANCE
HEY HEY HEY
OH HEY OH YEAH SO SAD
ALRIGHT OH YEAH
OH YEAH YEAH YEAH