Expert: BethB - 7/5/2009

Question
hi ms. Burgess. I have a friend who wants to know the artist and song title but the only thing is he can only remeber that the song was about a guy who had a truck that he traded for a different vehicle because he wanted to leave this woman behind for goood no ties what so ever and some of the words to the song went somthing like tjhis "all i need is speed" so can you or anybody help me help him solve his problem. thanks

Answer
Hi Chris!  I think the song your friend is looking for is Montgomery Gentry's "Speed."  Hope this helps!
--Beth

Artist: Montgomery Gentry
Song: Speed
Album: Something To Be Proud Of: The Best Of 1999-2005

I'm tired of spinning my wheels
I need to find a place where my heart can go to heal
I need to get there pretty quick
Hey, mister, what you got out on that lot
You can sell me in a pinch
Maybe one of them supped-up muscle cars
The kind that makes you think you're stronger than you are
Color don't matter, no, I don't need leather seats
All that really concerns me is

Speed
How fast will it go
Can it get me over her quickly, zero to sixty
Can it outrun her memory
Yeah, what I really need is an open road
And a whole lot of speed

I'd like to trade in this old truck
Cuz it makes me think of her and then just slows me up
See, it's the first place we made love
Where we used to sit and talk on the tailgate all night long
But now she's gone
And I need to move on
So give me

Speed
How fast will it go
Can it get me over her quickly, zero to sixty
Can it outrun her memory
Yeah, what I really need is an open road
And a whole lot of speed

Throw me them keys so I can put some miles between us
Tear off that rearview mirror, there's nothing left to see
Let me lean on that gas cuz she catches up fast
So give me

Speed
How fast will it go
Can it get me over her quickly, zero to sixty
Can it outrun her memory
Yeah, what I really need is an open road
And a whole lot of speed
That's what I need

I'm tired of spinnin' my wheels
I'm tired of spinnin' my wheels