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Detroit Steel 2014

from 2014 Songaweek by HB Radke

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Song about Muscle Cars of my youth

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A little love song to the muscle cars of my youth.
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when i was just a little boy
we had cars that really made some noise
feel them run, in your chest
motor heads on their eternal quest

whose ride was the fastest
racing down the quarter mile
my brother's was the baddest
every win would make me smile

the tire smoke made me choke
every time they'd spin those big mag wheels

i love detroit steel
(mustang, duster, and roadrunner
bel air, tempest , and the rambler
comet, fury, and marauder
fairlaine, biscayne, and impala)

aint no self respecting man
who'd drive a compact from japan
hybrid's good for mother nature
computer brains in their nomenclature

give me a six four "cammer"
with seven hundred horses running wild
when you put down the hammer
its a seven second quarter mile

if you're a man you'll say "hot damn!"
every time you sit behind the wheel

I love detroit steel
(mustang, duster, and roadrunner
bel air, tempest , and the rambler
comet, fury, and marauder
fairlaine, biscayne, and impala)

the final straw the camel's back
can't take no more and thats a fact
tomorrow morning break of dawn
get in my car and then i'm gone

my duster's got a blower
and some nitrous just in case
when i gun the engine
it shakes the windows in the place

those overseas designs
they all look real pretty and run fine
but they lack the feel

of some detroit steel
(mustang, duster, and roadrunner
bel air, tempest , and the rambler
comet, fury, and marauder
fairlaine, biscayne, and impala)

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from 2014 Songaweek, track released June 26, 2014
Written, performed, and produced by HB Radke

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HB Radke Seattle, Washington

HB Radke has music in his blood. The son of Harry James Orchestra frontman Fred Radke and vocalist Gina Funes, HB started on the trumpet at the age of 8. He started his own big band just a few years after that. His career as a vocalist began in his teens.

For 2011 he has resolved to write and record at least one original song per week. As of September 2011, he is 4 weeks ahead of schedule. ... more

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