Artist: Cake

Submitted by Annie.

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He’s Going The Distance

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

(chorus)
He's going the distance,
He's going for speed.
She's all alone (all alone) all alone in her time of need.
Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course.
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse.
He's going the distance. (aaaaawww aaawww)

No trophy, no flowers, no flashbulbs, no line-
He's haunted by something he can not define.
Bowel shaking earthquakes, of doubt and remorse.
Assail him impale him with monster truck force.
In his mind he's still driving; still making the grade.
She's hoping in time that her memory will fade.

Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course.
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse.
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up.
And long ago somebody left with the cip
But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns,
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns.

(chorus)
(aaaawwww aaaawwwww..............)

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4. Carbon Monoxide
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8. Cool Blue Reason
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14. Friend Is A Four Letter Word
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17. Half As Much
18. Haze Of Love
19. He’s Going The Distance
20. Hem Of Your Garment
21. I Bombed Korea
22. I Will Survive
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24. It’s Coming Down
25. Italian Leather Sofa
26. Jesus Wrote A Blank Check
27. Jolene
28. Let Me Go
29. Long Line Of Cars
30. Lose Yourself
31. Love You Madly
32. Meanwhile, Rick James...
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34. Motor
35. Mr. Mastodon Farm
36. Never Gonna Give You Up
37. Never There
38. No Phone
39. Nugget
40. Open Book
41. Opera Singer
42. Palm Of Your Hand
43. Pentagram
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45. Pretty Pink Ribbon
46. Race Car Ya Yas
47. Race Car Ya-Yas
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49. Rock And Roll Lifestyle II
50. Ruby Sees All
51. Sad Songs
52. Satan Is My Motor
53. Shadow Stabbing
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56. Sheep Go To Heaven
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60. Take It All Away
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64. Up So Close
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