Racing In The Street

Song Racing In The Street
Artist Bruce Springsteen
Album Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Lyrics

[00:22.70] I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
[00:28.51] Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
[00:34.32] She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot
[00:39.68] Outside the Seven-Eleven store
[00:45.43] Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
[00:51.62] And he rides with me from town to town
[00:56.63] We only run for the money got no strings attached
[01:02.18] We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down
[01:07.13] .
[01:08.20] Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
[01:13.50] I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
[01:19.88] Summer's here and the time is right
[01:25.18] For goin' racin' in the street
[01:31.00] .
[01:31.31] We take all the action we can meet
[01:35.94] And we cover all the northeast state
[01:41.93] When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street
[01:46.81] From the fire roads to the interstate
[01:52.94] Some guys they just give up living
[01:58.07] And start dying little by little, piece by piece
[02:03.31] Some guys come home from work and wash up
[02:09.06] And go racin' in the street
[02:12.88] .
[02:14.70] Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
[02:19.74] I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats
[02:25.82] Calling out around the world,
[02:30.49] we're going racin' in the street
[02:34.37] .
[03:01.59] I met her on the strip three years ago
[03:06.15] In a Camaro with this dude from L.A.
[03:11.72] I blew that Camaro off my back and drove that little girl away
[03:23.60] But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes
[03:28.78] And she cries herself to sleep at night
[03:35.22] When I come home the house is dark
[03:40.38] She sighs "Baby did you make it all right"
[03:46.01] She sits on the porch of her daddy's house
[03:51.01] But all her pretty dreams are torn
[03:56.77] She stares off alone into the night
[04:01.33] With the eyes of one who hates for just being born
[04:07.45] For all the shut down strangers and hot rod angels
[04:13.51] Rumbling through this promised land
[04:18.25] Tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea
[04:24.45] And wash these sins off our hands
[04:28.39] .
[04:29.63] Tonight tonight the highway's bright
[04:35.02] Out of our way mister you best keep
[04:41.32] 'Cause summer's here and the time is right
[04:47.01] For goin' racin' in the street
[04:51.76] .