[Hook: Yelling breakneck male MC, breakneck, full yell] Chase me down and spend it all Burn your legs out just to watch me fall Red kite coming and I'm still in front Spend it all, empty out on the hunt [Verse 1: Yelling breakneck male MC, breakneck, yelling] Kilometer five and I'm off the front Team car on the radio says you know what we want Hundred eighty kilometers, the wind in my face Eighty riders on my wheel and they're setting the pace I'm a domestique, I carry the bottles and the coats Never get a podium, never get the votes Never get the flowers or a kiss on the cheek But my legs been burning for the captain every week So today they send me up the road on my own Make the other teams chase me till their legs turn to stone Every rider that they burn is a rider they lose Every helper on the front is a helper I use [Hook: Yelling breakneck male MC, breakneck, full yell] Chase me down and spend it all Burn your legs out just to watch me fall Red kite coming and I'm still in front Spend it all, empty out on the hunt [Verse 2: Yelling breakneck male MC, breakneck, faster] Ninety k in and the gap's at four Rain on the descent and I don't brake no more Back in the pack every team goes red Four trains on the front pulling flat, pulling dead Burning through their riders just to bring me home Every helper that they spend is a helper they don't own Twenty k to go and the gap's at one I can see 'em in the corners like a pack on the run Ten k, thirty seconds, and my vision goes white Five k, fifteen seconds, and I'm swinging left and right Mouth wide open and I'm eating the rain Legs full of acid and I'm laughing through the pain [Bridge: Yelling breakneck male MC, red-kite surge, out of the saddle] Red kite, one kilometer, up out of the seat Every ounce out the legs and the road under my feet Pack on my shoulder, I can hear 'em breathing Three hundred meters and I'm still not leaving [Verse 3: Yelling breakneck male MC, breakneck, all of it] Two hundred meters and the wave rolls by Eighty riders pass me and I'm waving goodbye But look at the sprinters, look around for their trains Every helper burned up, nobody left in the lanes Then my captain comes off the wheel with the legs he saved Never pulled once all day, now he's throwing his weight Throws his bike at the line and he takes it by a wheel I roll in eightieth with my legs made of steel Nobody on the TV ever says my name Captain finds me at the bus with the flowers and the champagne [Final Hook: Yelling breakneck male MC, breakneck, full yell] Chase me down and spend it all Burn your legs out just to watch me fall Red kite coming and I'm still in front Spend it all, empty out on the hunt [End]
