Gentlemen, Start your engines words and music by Doug Roossien

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Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
Always the first one…out of the gate….you know he never liked to lose
He was hard on the pedal…down to the metal….when the starter would let him loose
Traffic couldn’t stop him…he blew on by…he didn’t wait to take their names…He was hell bent on winnin’ anything he’s been in…but she had a different game…
(Race car noise)

She told the men…
Gentlemen start your engines…my love’s on the line
Satisfaction’s guaranteed….you won’t be denied
Gentlemen start your engines…cause love is on the line
The loser gets the water…and the winner takes the wine

She was a feast…fit for a king…he knew she’s make a beautiful prize
Tall and good lookin’…he knew she was cookin…the recipe was in her eyes
Yah…she set the table…invited him in…she knew his appetite was right
He was hell bent on winnin’…anything he’s been in…he wasn’t gonna lose tonight…
(Race car noise)

When she said…
Gentlemen, start your engines…get up on the line
Put your key in the ignition…let your motor wind
Gentlemen start your engines…love is on the line
The loser gets the water…and the loser takes the wine
(Race car noise)

She left him with lipstick…all over his face…his shirt had been completely undone
His first heat out he lost his heart in…in the best race he’d ever run
Yah she left him with lipstick…all over his face…she blew the man right off his track
She got a good start…an inside on his heart…and he never got it back
(Race car noise)

She told the men…
Gentlemen, start your engine…get up on the line
He had the pole position…but she took home the wine
He was the first to finish…but he ended up behind
First heat out…he lost his heart…cause love was on the line
First heat out…he…lost…his…heart
Cause love…
Was…on…
the line….

guitar playing by a friend, Mike Hyde of Grand Rapids (recorded 1988)