[Verse 1]
My birthday at three years old, tearin' paper off the box
I couldn't wait to get that thing on a kitchen counter top
That engine revved inside my head just a-huggin' every turn
Man I swear them wheels had some rubber to burn

[Chorus]
My first love was a highway runnin' up to nothin'
Good timin' machine, yeah
My first taste of fallin' fast and wastin' gas
Was everything to me, yeah
The first time I found my heart was in the seat of a little red race car

[Verse 2]
I took the curve off Bailey Road the day I turned 16
Went straight to her thе second my old man tossed me thе keys
We chased the sun until the stars were the only thing that'd see
What I was doin' to her
And what she was doin to me

[Chorus]
My first love was a highway runnin' up to nothin'
Good timein' machine, yeah
My first taste of fallin' fast and wastin' gas
Was everything to me, yeah
The first time I found my heart was in the seat of a little red race car
[Bridge]
There's a two-lane road to a two horse town
Leads up to a two story wrap around
One boy one girl one car one kiss
Gone sideways in the Cullowhee hills
Still to this day I can smell the tread and see a boy turned man in Candy-apple red

[Chorus]
My first love was a highway runnin' up to nothin'
Good timin' machine, yeah
My first taste of fallin' fast and wastin' gas
Was everything to me, yeah
The first time I found my heart was in the seat
The first time I found my heart was in a seat
Of a little red race car
That little red race car