Racing In The Street Lyrics - Steve Earle

I got a sixty-nine chevy with a 396 

Fuelie heads and a hurst on the floor 

She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot 

Outside the seven-eleven store 

Me and my partner sonny built her straight out of scratch 

And he rides with me from town to town 

We only run for the money got no strings attached 

We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down 

Tonight tonight the strip's just right 

I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat 

Summer's here and the time is right 

We're goin' racin' in the street 

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We take all the action we can meet 

And we cover all the northeast state 

When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street 

From the fire roads to the interstate 

Some guys they just give up living 

And start dying little by little piece by piece 

Some guys come home from work and wash up 

Then go racin' in the street 

Tonight tonight the strip's just right 

I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats 

Calling out around the world 

We're going racin' in the street 

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I met her on the strip three years ago 

In a camaro with this dude from l.a. 

I blew that camaro off my back and drove that little girl away 

But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes 

And she cries herself to sleep at night 

When I come home the house is dark 

She sighs "baby did you make it all right" 

She sits on the porch of her daddy's house 

But all her pretty dreams are torn 

She stares off alone into the night 

With the eyes of one who hates for just being born 

For all the shut-down strangers and hot rod angels 

Rumbling through this promised land 

Tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea 

And wash these sins off our hands 

Tonight tonight the highway's bright 

Out of our way mister you best keep 

'cause summer's here and the time is right 

We're goin' racin' in the street