Racing In The Street Lyrics - Singles - Taylor Roger

I got a 69 Chevy with a 396 

fuellie 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 set 'em up and then we shut 'em down 

tonight tonight the strips just right 

I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat 

summers here and the time is right 

for racing in the street 

we take all the action we can meet 

and we cover all the north-east states 

and when the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street 

from the fire-roads to the inter-state 

now some guys they go racin' in the street 

tonight tonight the strips just right 

I wanna blow 'em all outta their seats 

we're calling out around the world 

we're going racing in the street 

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 round 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 alright' 

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 bein' born 

for all the shut-down strangers and hot-rod angels 

rumblin' 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 highways bright 

out of our way mister you best keep 

summers here and the time is right 

for racing in the street 

tonight tonight the strips just right 

I wanna blow 'em all outta their seats 

'cos summers here and the time is right 

for racing in the street