Kick the Damn Thing Over

[Verse 1] There’s a rusted bus behind Ray’s old place been sitting there since seveny-nine flat tires, bad paint, cracked-up seats but the motor’s still got fight Ray said, boys, that thing is finished Tom said, hell, we'll see by noon we had the hood thrown open and oil down to our knees [Pre-Chorus] No speech, no plan no waiting on a sign just one bad idea and a Saturday night [Chorus] Kick the damn thing over make it cough, make it spit if the whole world says it’s over put a little more gas in it Kick the damn thing over let the neighbors come round and when the engine starts to rumble we’re gonna drive it through the middle of town [Verse 2] Jenny brought a cooler from the front porch Mike brought jumper cables out some kid hit a trash can drumbeat and the whole block started to shout First try, nothing but a click second try, smoke and a curse third try shook the windows loose and scared the preacher out the church [Pre-Chorus] No luck, no fate no pretty little prayer just hands on the wheel and gasoline in the air [Chorus] Kick the damn thing over make it cough, make it spit if the whole world says it’s over put a little more gas in it Kick the damn thing over let the neighbors come round when the damned thing starts to rumble we’re gonna drive it through the middle of town [Bridge] Some folks sit there hoping some folks wait their turn we were halfway down the blacktop before the lesson was learned If it breaks, we fix it if it stalls, we shove if the road says no we give it just a little more love [Final Chorus] Kick the damn thing over make it cough, make it spit if the whole world says it’s over put a little more gas in it Kick the damn thing over let the neighbors come round when the damned thing starts to rumble we’re gonna drive it through the middle of town [Outro] Kick it over kick it over drive it through the middle of town ──────────────────────────────── © 2026 Govannon · Onath Lorn Audio Human-directed · AI-generated music Concept, lyric development, creative direction, editing, refinement, and final selection by Govannon Unauthorized copying, reproduction, re-uploading, redistribution, or commercial use is prohibited All rights reserved ────────────────────────────────