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Can't Slow Down

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Can't Slow Down Lyrics

I'm driving hard, punching holes in the heat
The air is clammy, a hamper full of nightmare's sheets
I'm going fast like a fading blonde
No time for nothing but going, going, going, gone

Tire treads are smooth and hot
Going 'round
Sirens wailing long and loud
But what's a man to do
If he can't slow down
Just can't seem to slow down

My brakes are failing, blasting through all the lights
My radiator's been blown since I was five
The night is clinging and the sidewalks reel
My body's rusted, I'm rotten, screaming steel

Like a warrior who fights without shield
I'll go down
You'll see me smashed to bits in this town
Long before I'm due
'Cause I can't slow down
I just can't seem to slow down
I can't slow down
I just can't seem to slow down

I'm knocking, knocking underneath my hood. (knock, knock)
Don't you inspect me, you know I just ain't no good

Tire treads are smooth and hot
Going 'round
You'll see me smashed to bits in this town
Long before I'm due
'Cause I can't slow down
I just can't seem to slow down
I can't slow down
I just can't seem to slow down

Submitted by

indianajosh On Aug 21, 2008

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I'm driving hard, punching holes in the heat 
The air is clammy, a hamper full of nightmare's sheets 
I'm going fast like a fading blonde 
No time for nothing but going, going, going, gone

Tire treads are smooth and hot 
Going 'round 
Sirens wailing long and loud 
But what's a man to do 
If he can't slow down 
Just can't seem to slow down

My brakes are failing, blasting through all the lights 
My radiator's been blown since I was five 
The night is clinging and the sidewalks reel 
My body's rusted, I'm rotten, screaming steel

Like a warrior who fights without shield 
I'll go down 
You'll see me smashed to bits in this town 
Long before I'm due 
'Cause I can't slow down
I just can't seem to slow down
I can't slow down
I just can't seem to slow down

I'm knocking, knocking underneath my hood. (knock, knock)
Don't you inspect me, you know I just ain't no good

Tire treads are smooth and hot 
Going 'round
You'll see me smashed to bits in this town 
Long before I'm due 
'Cause I can't slow down
I just can't seem to slow down
I can't slow down
I just can't seem to slow down

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2008-08-21 22:24:32

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