The Distance

Reluctantly crouched at the starting line
 Engines pumping and thumping in time
 The green light flashes, the flags go up
 Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup
 They deftly maneuver and muscle for rank
 Fuel burning fast on an empty tank
 Reckless and wild, they pour through the turns
 Their prowess is potent and secretly stern
 As they speed through the finish, the flags go down
 The fans get up, and they get out of town
 The arena is empty, except for one man
 Still driving and striving as fast as he can
 The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
 And long ago somebody left with the cup
 But he's driving and striving and hugging the turns
 And thinking of someone for whom he still burns
 He's going the distance
 He's going for speed
 She's all alone (all alone)
 All alone in her time of need
 Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course
 He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse
 He's going the distance
 Ah, ah
 Yah! Oh!
 
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 No trophy, no flowers, no flashbulbs, no line
 He's haunted by something he cannot define
 Bowel-shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse
 Assail him, impale him with monster truck force
 In his mind he's still driving, still making the grade
 She's hoping in time that her memories will fade
 'Cause he's racing and pacing and plotting the course
 He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse
 The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
 And long ago somebody left with the cup
 But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns
 And thinking of someone for whom he still burns
 'Cause he's going the distance
 He's going for speed
 She's all alone (all alone)
 All alone in her time of need
 Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course
 He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse
 He's racing and pacing and plotting the course
 He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse
 He's going the distance
 He's going for speed
 He's going the distance
 (Ahh, ahh) hey!
 Hey!
 Hey!
 
 All alone
 
 Oh, no
 Sorry
 All alone
 Oh no, oh no
 No, no