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[Intro – low, dirty spoken]
Yeah…
Strap in. Fire it up.
The night belongs to the wolves.
Yippie-ei-yeah, motherfucker!
[Verse 1]
Dust on my jacket, whiskey in my veins,
Boots full of dirt and a head full of flames.
My old V8 barks like a rabid dog,
Ripping through hell like a runaway hog.
Ain’t no sheriff knows my real name,
Just the scars on my knuckles and the years of pain.
I ride where the blacktop comes to an end,
Where the devil still smokes and the night never bends.
[Pre-Chorus]
Got nothing to lose,
Got nothing to regret.
When the night starts calling,
I ain’t done riding yet.
[Chorus – big, dirty, sing-along]
Yippie-ei-yeah — MOTHERFUCKER!
Floor that pedal till the blacktop cracks!
Yippie-ei-yeah — MOTHERFUCKER!
Ain’t nobody gonna hold me back!
Lightning in my eyes, thunder in my chest,
When I roll into town, you know what comes next.
Here comes the outlaw, black as the night —
Yippie-ei-yeah, MOTHERFUCKER!
[Verse 2]
Down at the juke joint, an old guitar screams,
The boys at the bar know the story of my sins.
A fire-eyed woman says, “Stay here tonight,”
I just grin and tell her, “Baby, that ain’t right.”
Every bridge behind me burned long ago,
All I got ahead is a road and nowhere to go.
My shadow rides with me, but it don’t say much,
An outlaw needs no king, no crown, no crutch.
[Chorus]
Yippie-ei-yeah — MOTHERFUCKER!
Floor that pedal till the blacktop cracks!
Yippie-ei-yeah — MOTHERFUCKER!
Ain’t nobody gonna hold me back!
Lightning in my eyes, thunder in my chest,
When I roll into town, you know what comes next.
Here comes the outlaw, black as the night —
Yippie-ei-yeah, MOTHERFUCKER!
[Bridge – half-spoken, building]
They say, “Boy, someday hell is coming for you.”
I say, “Tell that bastard to get in line, too.”
Got the moon as my witness, the road as my friend,
And I laugh when that blood-red sky starts burning at the end.
[Breakdown – bass, kick drum and guitar only]
Engine screaming…
Boots stomping…
Guitar strings breaking…
YIPP—IE!-ei—Yeah!
MOTHERFUCKER!
[Final Chorus – maximum power]
Yippie-ei-yeah — MOTHERFUCKER!
Let that Southern thunder tear through the night!
Yippie-ei-yeah — MOTHERFUCKER!
Till the last damn star comes burning alive!
Dust on the tires, fire in my eyes,
Ain’t a damn soul gonna stop this ride.
When hell throws open those gates down below —
I’ll drive straight in and scream:
YIPPIE-ei-yeah, MOTHERFUCKER!
[Outro – engine starts, guitar wails]
Heh…
See you in hell, boys.
Yippie… ei… yeah.
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