Key: G major
Verse 1
took off in a Ford from Kokomo.
We hadn't much gas and the
How long about the middle of the night,
when we're rippin' along
when a Mercury behind me
and he pulled out of sight?
We had quint parts of that
People might think that I'm in a rut,
dig this kind of jive,
We made B -spots out of many a town,
let the cops' heads spin
around and around.
They wouldn't chase,
they'd run and hide,
and we likely knew
that we'd keep on a
race until something blew.
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At foot feet down, like a stuck with glue,
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through many a town we flew
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and blew.
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her face was blue,
and I thought she'd died.
Them streets through town
were 40 feet wide,
My brother was pale, said he was sick,
he said he was just a nervous wreck,
but why should I worry,
but what the heck?
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Me and that murky was neck and neck.
Now on through the night,
we would glide, or fly low, or fly wide.
Me and that murky was taking a ride.
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We stayed exactly side to side.
I looked in the mirror
and I saw something coming,
I thought it was a plane,
the way it was humming,
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it was humming along at a terrible pace,
When it flew by, turned the other way,
the guy in a Mercury had nothing to say,
but just Just a kid just out to play,
Outro 1
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