Cherry Bomb, Cherry

Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Down on the boulevard, Friday after dark
A cherry red '32 Ford with flames on the spark
Top chopped low, dual quads suckin’ air
She rolled in slow, everybody stopped to stare
Hair like midnight, eyes like a storm
Every guy in town felt the thunder form
She revved that flathead, let the pipes bark loud
Cherry Bomb Cherry, she owned the crowd

[Chorus]
Cherry Bomb Cherry, she's the queen of the strip
Hotter than July, got the whole town whipped
Cherry Bomb Cherry, drive too fast to catch
Every boy wants her, but she's too wild to match
Cherry Bomb Cherry — burnin’ higher!

[Verse 2]
I stepped up close, hat tipped low
Said “Darlin’, give me a ride, let's go”
She laughed like thunder, said “Boy, you ain't ready”
“Climb in if you dare, but you'll be unsteady”
We peeled out fast, tires screamin’ black
She shifted gears like a heart attack
Passed every stoplight, left ’em in the dust
Cherry Bomb Cherry, pure dangerous lust

[Chorus]
Cherry Bomb Cherry, she's the queen of the strip
Hotter than July, got the whole town whipped
Cherry Bomb Cherry, drive too fast to catch
Every boy wants her, but she's too wild to match
Cherry Bomb Cherry — burnin’ higher!

[Bridge – spoken over pounding piano]
We hit the old drag strip, moon hangin’ low
She said “Hold on tight, baby, here we go”
Flathead roared, we flew like a dream
But at the finish line, she started to scream
“Boy, you can't keep up, you ain't got the fire”
Then she vanished in smoke, left me standin’ higher

[Verse 3]
Next night I waited, same old spot
But Cherry Bomb Cherry never came back, not
They say she’s still out there, on some backroad run
A ghost in red paint, drivin’ under the sun
Every guy still talks, still feels the thrill
But no one ever caught her — and no one ever will

[Final Chorus]
Cherry Bomb Cherry, she's the queen of the strip
Hotter than July, got the whole town whipped
Cherry Bomb Cherry, gone too fast to catch
Every boy wants her, but she's too wild to match
Cherry Bomb Cherry — burnin’ higher!
Yeah, Cherry Bomb Cherry… forever on fire!