_ _ _ _ _ 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
Em cup.
They deftly maneuver and muscle for rank.
F#m Fuel burning fast
G on an empty tank.
Reckless and wild, they pour through the
F#m turns.
Their prowess is
Em potent and secretly stern.
As they speed through the finish, the flags go
F#m down.
The fans get up and
B they get out of town.
The arena is empty,
C except for
B one man
F#m still driving and striving
Em as fast as he can.
The sun has
D gone down and the moon has come
Dm up.
And
Em long ago somebody left with the
Bm cup.
But he's driving and
C#m striving and hugging the
C turns.
And thinking of
E someone for whom he still
B burns.
_
E He's going the distance.
He's going for speed.
She's all alone, all alone in a time of need.
G Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course.
He's fighting and biting and
B riding on his
E horse.
He's going the
B distance.
D _
G _ _
E _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _
Em _ _ _ .
_ _ _
E _ _
Em No trophy, no flowers, no
Am flashbulbs, no
B wine.
He's haunted by something he cannot define.
Owls shaking earthquakes
Am of doubt and
G remorse.
F#m Assail him, impale him
Em with monster truck force.
In his mind he's still driving, still making
Bm the grade.
F#m She's hoping in
Em time that her memories will fade.
Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the
F#m course.
He's fighting and biting and riding
G on his horse.
The sun has
D#m gone down and the moon has
F come up.
And long
Em ago somebody left
D with the cup.
But he's
E striving and driving 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.
G Because he's racing and pacing
F#m and plotting
B the course.
G He's fighting and
G#m biting and riding on his
Em horse.
He's racing and
Am pacing and
B plotting the course.
He's
E fighting and biting and riding on his
Em horse.
He's going the distance.
_ He's going for speed.
He's
C going the
B distance.
A _
G _ _ _
E _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _
E _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Em _ _ _ _ _
E Now _ .
Em _ _
B _
Em _ we _ _ _ _ _ _ collect our _
C _
B credits
G and pay off our debt.
_ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .