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88 Miles Per Hour (the Ballad Of Marty Mcfly) Lyrics
Hell man, it's 1 a.m.
I don't know where I am
Seems I went back in time
Chased by the Libyans
Got hit by a car
And won my mother's heart
Gotta find the Doc
So he can fix the Delorean
Please can you find me some
I need plutonium
Cause it will get me back to 1985
Gotta get Pops to the dance
And spark up some romance
Or I will disappear before your eyes
(<b><u>Chorus</u></b>)
88 miles per hour
Here comes that jerkoff Biff
His car was filled with shit
So get your goddamn meat hooks off of her
He said, "Lorraine is mine!"
But don't fuck with Calvin Klein
I wish this nightmare was almost over
Gonna give it all I got
1.21 jiggawatts
Cause it will beam back to 1985
Gonna need a lightning bolt
To send a power jolt
So goes the ballad of Marty McFly
(<b><u>Chorus</u></b>)
88 miles per hour
Everything worked out fine
I shot through space and time
And when I woke up
It was 1985
Got a new 4x4
And I love the girl next door
Seems life was better
I'm glad to be alive
But do my eyes deceive
Who's coming up my street?
Oh shit, it's Doc Brown
In his Delorean
Said, "We gotta save your son!"
To the future everyone
This can't be happening
Here we go again
This song details the events of <u>Back to the Future 1</u>. "1.21 jiggawatts" refers to the power generated by the fission of plutonium, which was required in the movie to power the time-machine equipment on Doc Brown's modified DeLorean.
The term "jiggawatt" is not a real measurement of power. A gigawatt is a billion watts. However, the letters j, x, q, etc. sound more impressive and exotic to the English ear since they are uncommon.