Johnny Davis Songtext
von Lucero

Johnny Davis never let us down
He started up on the west side of town
By the ′60s, the Midwest was ours
Black the body and John was the heart
Meetings in the races and the women looking good
Racing and we're living like nobody else would
Johnny Davis never let us down
But since he′s gone, the boys are different now

Hang on, hang on, we're going for a ride
Hang on, hang on, it's alright
These streets are ours to take
Faster than trouble
Yeah, too fast to fake


Johnny never backed down from a fight
By the end, we lived in changing times
The new guys thought that they were movie stars
And after ′69, it fell apart
Edges of an empty parking lot, a ring of chrome
Johnny in the middle stood his ground and fought alone
Johnny could have took him one on one
But his unrivaled sense just pulled a gun

Hang on, hang on, we′re going for a ride
Hang on, hang on, it's alright
These streets are ours to take
Faster than trouble
Yeah, too fast to fake

Now you live the life you love and you love the life you live
Maybe that′s enough, honey, to get us out of this
Build it up to speed, give it all it needs
In the end, it knocks you down, throws you in the weeds
If what they say is true
Ah hell, sometimes you gotta lose

Hang on, hang on, we're going for a ride
Hang on, hang on, it′s alright
These streets are ours to take
Faster than trouble
Yeah, too fast to fake