The Distance (Cake Cover)

Lyrics

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 she can

The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
And long ago somebody left with the cup
But she's driving and striving and hugging the turns
And thinking of someone for whom she still burns

She's going the distance
She's going for speed
He's all alone (all alone)
In a time of need
Because she's racing and pacing and plotting the course
She's fighting and biting and riding on her horse
She's going the distance

No trophy, no flowers, no flashbulbs, no wine
(Oooooh)
She's haunted by something she cannot define
(Oooooh)
Bowel-shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse
(Oooooh)
Assail her, impale her with monster-truck force
(Oooooh)
In her mind, she's still driving, still making the grade
(Oooooh)
He's hoping in time that her memories will fade
(Oooooh)

'Cause he's racing and pacing and plotting the course
(Oooooh)
She's fighting and biting and riding on her horse
(Oooooh)
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
And long ago somebody left with the cup
But she's driving and striving and hugging the turns
And thinking of someone for whom she still burns

She’s going the distance
She's going for speed
He's all alone (all alone)
In a time of need
Because she's racing and pacing and plotting the course
She's fighting and biting and riding on her horse
She's racing and pacing and plotting the course
She's fighting and biting and riding on her horse

She's going the distance
She's going for speed
She's going the distance
Ah, ah