June's Stolen Car

June had dark eyes, she was a maker of the rain

One side of her wild, the other still like the plains

She had smoke on her breath and a light on her face

She said, "I don't want to be a stone no more"

Well, the full moon was high, hanging clear, the air was sweet

And the road was full of promise like the wheels at her feet

So she stole that old Mustang, took it 'round to her boyfriend's house

And said, "I know a place we can go"

It's a long, long ride to the next town, boy

If you want to start something new

Give me just a little and I'll give it back to you

Ooh, fire in the streets tonight

Ooh, fire in the streets tonight

Well, they drove all night into a pale pink dawn

Across the great salt plains, through the eye of the storm

Across the rivers, and the deserts, and the great divide

Fast as lightning on a midnight mile

And they snuck into the back streets of a backwater town

And they idled at the gas station, nobody 'round

But then a voice came loud, saying, "Hands in the air

Turn the engine off, and step outside"

It's a long, long ride to the next town, boy

If you want to start something new

Give me just a little and I'll give it back to you

Ooh, fire in the streets tonight

Ooh, fire in the streets tonight

Yeah

Well, they raced through the night, June was mad as a loon

And she laughed like thunder, and she howled at the moon

They flew across the interstate, running from the law

She said, "Now I ain't a stone no more"

And the road was black and slick like oil 'cross the lake

And they overshot a corner, smashed right through the gate

And they leapt into the sky, and they floated off the ground

And they steered towards the heavens, and they still ain't come back down

Ooh, fire in the streets tonight

Ooh, fire in the streets tonight

Ooh, fire in the streets tonight

Ooh, fire in the streets tonight