Verse 1
I was the kid your parents warned you about
Cool—all the girls wanted to be my girl
We’d line 'em up and race cars around our town
Living fast in a blacktop world
Chorus
We burned the candle at both ends
Life was short, so we stuffed as much of life
Into the hours we had to spend
Yeah, we burned the candle at both ends
Verse 2
The wrong kid at the wrong time
We were young, but we filled our lives with fun
Not looking in the future, just living for the day
Like there was no tomorrow, and nowhere left to run
Verse 3
We were young gearheads, true motorheads
We could tell what kind of car it was just by the taillights
We chased the darkness right into the light of day
We loved everything with a motor, from the motorcycles to the muscle cars we drove
Chorus
We burned the candle at both ends
Life was short, so we stuffed as much of life
Into the hours we had to spend
Yeah, we burned the candle at both ends
Verse 4
Get your motor running, we love to hear the sound
Of an engine shifting hard down the road
When they drop that red flag, we’re ready to race
Blasting through the quarter mile, heavy on the load