Townes Van Zandt - Racing in the Streets (Official Audio)

"Racing in the Streets" from Townes Van Zandt's album Roadsongs
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Lyrics:
I got a ‘69 Chevy with a 396
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor,
She’s a waitin’ for me in the parking lot
Down by the Seven-Eleven store,
My and my partner Sonny
We built her straight outta scratch,
Now we run her from town to town
Oh, we go for the money
No strings attached,
We shut ‘em up, then we shut ‘em down
Oh, we take all the action we can get,
And we cover all the northeast states,
And when the strip shuts down
We run ‘em in the street,
From the fire road to the interstate,
Oh, tonight, tonight, the strips just right
I’m gonna blow ‘em all out of their seats,
Summer’s here and the time is right
For racin’ in the streets,
I met her on the strip three years ago
In this Camaro with a dude from LA
Well, I blew that camaro off my back
And, I drove that little girl away
But, now there wrinkles all around
My baby’s eyes, She cries herself
To sleep at night, She just sits
On the porch of here daddy’s house,
Says babe did you make it home alright
Oh, tonight, tonight, the strips just right
I’m gonna blow ‘em off in my first heat,
Summer’s here and the time’s is right
For racing in the street
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
And go racin' in the street
So all you shut down strangers
And hot rod angles
Rumbling through this promise land
My baby and me we’re gonna drive
To the sea, and wash these sins
Off our hands,
Oh, tonight, tonight
The strip’s just right, I’m gonna blow ‘em all
Out of their seats, summer’s here
And the time is right,
For racin’ in the streets
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[@Lukeed09]

Love this song. Reminds me of the good old days. My wife always loved This song. God rest her soul.

[@tonyspoetry]

Love this Version.

[@lefterisortylidis4981]

T V ZANDT simple legend

[@JoeyT1975]

From Springsteen’s 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town Album… Masterpiece Song by the Boss..

[@bethklippel3458]

Awesome 💕

[@GNSmiley]

Unfortunately he bungled the lyrics….missed the most powerful part imo: “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.” Bruce Springsteen

[@KingMinosxxvi]

WTF

[@David-jo7hu]

Wut