Using audio clips throughout the song from the movie, “Heart Like A Wheel”, L7 pays respect to the first woman to ever receive a license from the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association), as well as the first person to win three Top Fuel titles: Shirley Muldowney.
(Welcome the first lady to try and qualify in an A dragster, for an NHRA competition, Shirley Muldowney!)
(I'm not talking about some trophy girl draped all over a car)
Feels so real
Crushing the steering wheel
How many times
Must we toe this line
(This is gonna knock drag racing right on its ass)
All she needs
Is a faster speed
(Cha-cha! Call her cha-cha!)
Yeah!
(What's drag racing coming to?)
How many times must you be told
There's nowhere that we don't go
(She's got good traction!)
(I suggest you find a seat in the grandstands
Because you don't want to miss this)
She's just here wants
What she wants to do
(Well, I wonder if Shirley's got in her to hold that throttle down)
Kills your jokes
As she's burning smoke
(Cha Cha Muldowney is pulling ahead and she takes the red light)
And feels so fine
Crossing the finish line
(Shirley Muldowney has just set a new track record!)
Satisfaction!
(She's got good traction!)
How many times must you be told
There's nowhere that we don't go
(She's got good traction!
What's a beautiful girl like you doing racing in a place like this?)
(Winning x5)
(The lady got through it
Winning)
(What's drag racing coming to?)
How many times must you be told
There's nowhere that we don't go
(She's got good traction!
What's a beautiful girl like you doing racing in a place like this?)
(Winning x5)
Shirley was written by Jennifer Finch.
Shirley was produced by L7 & Garth Richardson.