i got a sixty nine chevy with a 396 fuelie heads and a hurst on the floor she s waiting tonight down in the parking lot outside the 7 11 store well 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 shut em up and then we shut em down tonight tonight the strip s just right i wanna blow em off in my first heat summer s here and the time is right for racin in the street we take all the action we can meet and we cover all the northwest state when the strip shuts down we run em in the street from the fire roads to the interstate 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 tonight tonight the strip s just right i wanna blow em all out of their seats calling out around the world we re going racin in the street well 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 all right she sits on the porch of her daddy s house but all her pretty dreams are torn well she stares off alone into the night with the eyes of one who hates for just being born for all the shut down strangers and hot rod angels rumbling through this promised land tonight my baby and me we re gonna ride to the sea and wash these sins off of our hands tonight tonight the highway s bright out of our way mister you best keep cause summer s here and the time is right for racin in the street