[Verse 1] Opened the gates back in ’48 Wooden stands Hands full of dust Granddad circling that short black strip Running on courage and rust Derry name on the old brick sign Every Friday Our hometown floor Four turns felt like the whole wide world When they dropped the green We roared [Chorus] Rockford Speedway Forever in our bones Asphalt’s gone But it’s carved into our souls Figure 8 nights School buses leaning wide Trailer sparks flying Jet cars burning up the sky You can tear the track up But you can’t tear it out of our lives Rockford Speedway You’re still alive [Verse 2] Monster trucks shaking loose my teeth NASCAR boys on a bullring night Dad’s old number Taped on my seat I still hear his voice in the lights Three generations in the same small row Circle scars on our hearts in ink They can scrape away every inch of stone But they can’t touch what we think [Chorus] Rockford Speedway Forever in our bones Asphalt’s gone But it’s carved into our souls Figure 8 nights School buses leaning wide Trailer sparks flying Jet cars burning up the sky You can tear the track up But you can’t tear it out of our lives Rockford Speedway You’re still alive [Bridge] Steel turns to gravel Grandstands turn to weeds But every loud September Still lives inside of me (oh yeah) We’ll tell the kids the stories ’Til they feel that grandstand shake Close your eyes You’re back there Smell the fuel Feel the quake [Chorus] Rockford Speedway Forever in our bones Asphalt’s gone But it’s carved into our souls Figure 8 nights School buses leaning wide Trailer sparks flying Jet cars burning up the sky You can tear the track up But you can’t tear it out of our lives Rockford Speedway You’re still alive
