[Verse 1]
Yellow 42
dust on the hood
Number on my back
didn’t come from luck
Little pair of boots
swingin’ on the wall
You watchin’ from the fence
like you ten feet tall
Grease on my hands
Bible on the dash
Prayin’ I can outrun
every ghost from my past
You ask, “Daddy, can I
drive like you?”
I say, “Boy, I’m buildin’ this road
for you to run through”
[Chorus]
I’m gonna be a champion in the yellow 42
Write my name in the clay, in the scars, in the blue
We’ll chase off the dirt track racing demons, me and you (me and you)
Turn every hard night into fuel, into truth
If I can’t keep the crown, then I’ll hand it to you
A new story in H2, that’s our legacy too
[Verse 2]
Crowd on their feet
roarin’ like a storm
Heart like a motor
pushin’ past the norm (yeah)
Helmet on tight
but I hear your cheer
Cutting through the chaos
like a bell in my ear
Metal in my chest
violins in my veins
Thunder in the turns
but I’m drivin’ through the pain
If I crash, if I burn
I’ll rise from the smoke
You’ll be there in the pit
holdin’ onto hope
[Chorus]
I’m gonna be a champion in the yellow 42
Write my name in the clay, in the scars, in the blue
We’ll chase off the dirt track racing demons, me and you (oh yeah)
Turn every hard night into fuel, into truth
If I can’t keep the crown, then I’ll hand it to you
A new story in H2, that’s our legacy too
[Bridge]
[Strings swell, guitars hit halftime]
When the lights go dark
and the track runs cold
Will you still remember
how the stories were told?
Every busted knuckle
every late-night tune
Was a prayer that my fire
would burn in you soon
[Chorus]
I’m gonna be a champion in the yellow 42
Write my name in the clay, in the scars, in the blue
We’ll chase off the dirt track racing demons, me and you (me and you)
Turn every hard night into fuel, into truth
If I can’t keep the crown, then I’ll hand it to you
Yellow 42 in your hands
That’s our legacy, too