Two-stroke rattle in the ribs (version 3)

Intro

(Fogo)

(Sparks)

Two-stroke rattle in the ribs.

Watch it catch.

Verse 1

Grease on the gutter when the fuel tank spills (spills)

Steel-toe boots kickin' dirt in the landfills (dirt)

Two-stroke motor spittin' noise through the alley (alley)

Zero brake pressure when I drift through the valley (drift)

Torn duct tape keep the bumper on the bracket (tape)

Bloodshot stare through a greasy canvas jacket (stare)

Lead on the battery, acid on the knuckle (acid)

Pothole snap make the rusty axle buckle (snap)

Keep your clean glass, keep your polished little curtain (clean)

I love the copper when the circuit starts hurtin' (hurt)

High beam cut through the grit on the shoulder (cut)

Midnight scorchin' while the city gets colder (cold)

Teeth full of sand and my palms smell of diesel (diesel)

Bones like iron and the engine like a weasel (iron)

Drop down the clutch, watch the alternator spark (spark)

Feed another gallon to the belly of the dark (dark)

Hook

Feed the blaze, watch it spread on the asphalt (spread)

Blame it on the engine, tell 'em it's my fault (my fault)

Sparks off the chrome when the tire hits the wire (sparks)

Ripping through the night, I am the wildfire (fire)

Feed the blaze, watch it spread on the asphalt (spread)

Blame it on the engine, tell 'em it's my fault (my fault)

Sparks off the chrome when the tire hits the wire (sparks)

Ripping through the night, I am the wildfire (fire)

Verse 2

Tailpipe draggin', leavin' trenches in the lane (drag)

Low hum buzzin' in the sodium rain (rain)

Dented up fender where I kissed another wall (kiss)

Scratch another notch, let the rusted metal fall (fall)

Black pool spreadin' like an ink on the floor (ink)

Kicked off the lock and I unbolted the door (kick)

Far-off sirens runnin' circles in the maze (circles)

Shadows in the rearview drownin' in the blaze (blaze)

Leave all the rubber where the hot tire melted (melt)

Laugh at the gravel that the gravel-truck pelted (laugh)

Radiator hiss like a lizard in the heat (hiss)

Twelve-gauge throttle pounding rhythms in the street (pound)

Soot on the tongue and the knuckle full of grit (grit)

Give me every corner where the yellow lights quit (quit)

Grin on my jaw with the stitches pulled tight (tight)

Tear the whole map up, swallow down the night (night)

Bridge

Fumes in the throat, gravel in the tread

No white flags, paint the pavement red

Fence wires snappin' at the edge of the bend

Don't ask for mercy when the sparks descend

Flip that switch, hear the manifold roar

Ain't no water closin' up this door

Hook

Feed the blaze, watch it spread on the asphalt (spread)

Blame it on the engine, tell 'em it's my fault (my fault)

Sparks off the chrome when the tire hits the wire (sparks)

Ripping through the night, I am the wildfire (fire)

Feed the blaze, watch it spread on the asphalt (spread)

Blame it on the engine, tell 'em it's my fault (my fault)

Sparks off the chrome when the tire hits the wire (sparks)

Ripping through the night, I am the wildfire (fire)