[Intro]
Yellow streak
Under fairground lights
Butler dust
Breathin’ in my life (yeah)
[Verse 1]
Forty-two on the side of that wild thing
Name sprayed crooked with a gold-wing
Saturday, small town, whole crowd sing
Cooler in the bed of a short-bed, tailgate swing
Grandstand buzzin’, kids on the fence
Mud on my boots and a grin so bent
Prayin’ that the wrench that I tied with a zip-tie holds
’Cause we built this mean machine from rust and hope
[Chorus]
Yellow 42, wild thing is back
Throwin’ dirt like a storm on the track
If I lose it, I lose it, I’m fine with that
I was born for the roar, for the slide, for the smack
Yellow 42, hear ’em shout my name
Saturday night, gasoline in my veins
If I wreck, then I wreck, I ain’t holdin’ back
’Cause I only feel alive in the fight of the pack
[Verse 2]
Country boy drawl with a chip on my lip
Rap that grid talk, “you don’t want this trip” (nah)
Rock in my chest like a kick-drum hit
Mama say “pray”, Daddy say “don’t lift”
Green flag drop and my heart goes black
Just a tunnel and the turn and the tail-end gap
Slide job throwin’ sparks on the guardrail edge
Say a quick hymn while I flirt with the ledge
[Chorus]
Yellow 42, wild thing is back
Throwin’ dirt like a storm on the track
If I lose it, I lose it, I’m fine with that
I was born for the roar, for the slide, for the smack
Yellow 42, hear ’em shout my name
Saturday night, gasoline in my veins
If I wreck, then I wreck, I ain’t holdin’ back
’Cause I only feel alive in the fight of the pack
[Bridge]
[Strings swell, choir hums under spoken vocal]
Lights dim, last lap, white flag flyin’
Whole place standin’, hearts all climbin’
If this is the night that I don’t come through
Tell ’em I went out chasin’ that yellow 42 (oh)
[Chorus]
Yellow 42, wild thing is back
Throwin’ dirt like a storm on the track
If I lose it, I lose it, I’m fine with that
I was born for the roar, for the slide, for the smack
Yellow 42, hear ’em shout my name
Saturday night, gasoline in my veins
If I wreck, then I wreck, I ain’t holdin’ back
’Cause I only feel alive when I’m runnin’ that pack (yeah)