[Intro: Thick tape hiss, heavy rhythmic thumb-thumping on guitar strings, fast acoustic "chug" begins] [Verse 1: Shouted, high-energy vocals, driving rhythm] Pedal down at midnight, engine screaming loud! White lines flying by me like a never-ending crowd! Radio playing static, but the beat won’t let me stop! Another town behind me, another door I gotta lock! [Chorus: Relentless engine-mimic rhythm, rhythmic vocal grunts] Faster, Lord, faster, keep this rig rolling on! Faster, Lord, faster, till the break of dawn! Chasing taillights, running from the dawn! Ain’t no rearview mirror gonna show where I belong! (Hup!) [Verse 2: Guitar intensity increases, palm-muted thumping] Coffee in the cupholder, shaking in my hand! Ghosts in the passenger seat ain’t got no plans! Every mile marker laughing as I blow right past! Heart pounding with the pistons, trying to make it last! [Bridge: Stripped back to just heavy rhythmic thumping and shouting] I could pull over easy, let the engine die! But something in my blood says keep on riding high! (Lord, keep riding!) [Final Chorus: Full volume, frantic acoustic strumming] Faster, Lord, faster, don’t you let me slow! Faster, Lord, faster, nowhere left to go! Burning rubber, burning time, burning all I know! Just me, this blacktop, and the road! [Outro: Guitar rhythm accelerates to a frantic peak then stops dead, sound of heavy breathing and wind-like tape hiss]
