I was born in a hurry but there wasn't any place to go Nowhere fast seemed better than nowhere slow I never really got the hang of hanging around Oh when you get down to it I guess I always knew it What it is that makes my world go round It's a matter of horsepower For eight seconds or miles per hour That's the way I am and that'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 It's a matter of horsepower For eight seconds or miles per hour That's the way I am and that'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 Then I think about horsepower For eight seconds or 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 I've been thinkin' about horsepower For eight seconds or 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