At a secret street race on the edge of town, a young racer learns from a veteran.
lyrics
STREET RACER:
Listen here kid, I will never carry you
Face it down now, fight what you are afraid to do
Never fear kid, eyes up to the power lines
Or you will blow out and then close a thousand eyes
Listen when I'm speaking
I'll teach you how to race
That's when you burn it
That how you fake it
I know it seems cruel
But they will never forget you
Although your hands shake
I've seen your heart, your heart is true
Now exhaust fills the sky
Fuck what you heard, I know this is do or die
That's when you burn it
That how you fake it
The engine turns it
The ground will scrape it
Wind hits the car, flipped
Blaze when the spark lit
What the crowd will never see
Rolled into the darkness
credits
from This Is Our City,
released August 6, 2016
Guitar written and performed by Michael Willock
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