Can't Slow Down

I'm driving hard, punching holes in the heat
The air is clammy, a hamper full of nightmare's sheets.
I'm goin' fast like a fading blonde
No time for nothing but goin, goin', goin' - gone.

Tire treads are smooth and hot
Goin' 'round.
Sirens wailing long and loud
But what's a man to do
If he can't slow down.
Just can't seem to slow down

My brakes are failing, blasting through all the lights
My radiator's been blown since I was five.
The night is clinging and the sidewalks reel
My body's rusted, I'm rotten, screaming steel.

Like a warrior who fights without shield
I'll go down.
You'll see me smashed to bits in this town
Long before I'm due
'Cause I can't slow down.
I just can't seem to slow down
I can't slow down
I just can't seem to slow down

I'm knockin', knockin' underneath my hood. (knock, knock)
Don't you inspect me, you know I just ain't no good.

Tire treads are smooth and hot
Goin' 'round.
You'll see me smashed to bits in this town
Long before I'm due
'Cause I can't slow down.
I just can't seem to slow down
I can't slow down
I just can't seem to slow down