i was born in a hurry but there wasn't any place to go
nowhere fast seemed better than nowhere slow
i never really got the hang of hanging around
oh when you get down to it
what it is that makes my world go round
it's a matter of horsepower
for 8 seconds or miles per hour
that's the way i am and that's a fact i can't ignore
man can always stand a little bit more
well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind
i've got a need to speed and i don't mean the drugs-store kind
some people like a life that barely moves at all
then i fly right through 'em
til it slows down to a crawl
it's a matter of horsepower
for 8 seconds or miles per hour
that's the way i am and that's a fact i can't ignore
man can always stand a little bit more
then i think about horsepower
for 8 seconds or miles per hour
it's the way i am and it's a fact i can't ignore
man can always stand a little bit more
i've been thinkin about horsepower
for 8 seconds or miles per hour
it's the way i am and it's a fact i can't ignore
man can always stand a little bit more