I was born in a hurry but there wasn't any place Nowhere fast seemed better than nowhere slow I never really got the hang of hanging around When you get down to it I guess i always knew it What it is that makes my world go round Chorus It's a matter of horsepower For 8 seconds on miles per hour It's the way i am and it's a fact i can't ignore Yea, big boy legged, fuel injected Running wild, radar detected Man can always stand a little bit more Horsepower Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind I've got a need to speed and i don't mean the drugs-store kind Some people like a life that barely moves at all I say more power to them Then i fly right through 'em Til it slows down to a crawl Chorus Then i think about horsepower For 8 seconds on miles per hour It's the way i am and it's a fact i can't ignore Yea, big boy legged, fuel injected Running wild, radar detected Man can always stand a little bit more Horsepower