Firebird 78

Lyrics

Verse 1
Seventy-eight, black glass, chrome grin
Wide-hip beast with a wolfpack skin
T-top sky and a hound-tooth seat
Rumble in the chest when the tires bite heat

Long hood pointing like a blade
V8 thunder in a custom shade
Dash lights glow like a riot sign
One twist, one roar, then it’s go time

Pre-Chorus
Hear that shake in the parking lot
Hear that scream when the gears lock
You can run, but it won’t slow down
That old fire wants to burn the town

Chorus
Firebird, burn
Firebird, turn
Seventy-eight
Make the pavement learn
Firebird, burn
Firebird, turn
One wild name
And the night gets earned

Verse 2
Mud on the fenders, scars on the nose
Every dent tells where the blood went close
Fresh coat shine, but the soul stays mean
A steel bird built for the kill lane scene

Tilt that wheel, feel the rear break free
Smoke rolls out like a prayer to me
Headers bark and the whole crowd stares
Like a red-hot ghost with a devil’s glare

Pre-Chorus
Hear that shake in the parking lot
Hear that scream when the gears lock
You can run, but it won’t slow down
That old fire wants to burn the town

Chorus
Firebird, burn
Firebird, turn
Seventy-eight
Make the pavement learn
Firebird, burn
Firebird, turn
One wild name
And the night gets earned

Bridge
Blacktop altar, engine priest
Scream it loud and feed the beast
Every mile is a knife-edge test
Every roar says live like the best

Solo
Instrumental break

Final Chorus
Firebird, burn
Firebird, turn
Seventy-eight
Make the pavement learn
Firebird, burn
Firebird, turn
One wild name
And the night gets earned

Firebird, burn
Firebird, turn
Seventy-eight
Never slant, never swerve
Firebird, burn
Firebird, turn
One wild name
And the night gets earned