Chasing Maria Lyrics

Catch

Me

If

You

Can

Backtrack to '85, had it all planned out

Sunny June afternoon, knew that it would pan out

Building up enough nerve, let too many minutes go

Now it was the time to tell her everything she didn't know

How I scribbled love letters all while the teacher taught

How she was the only girl I had this many dreams or thoughts

Maybe she would dig quirky dudes wearing suits to school

But when the smoke cleared, I was just a stupid fool

This is not Pole Position played on Ataris

Way outta my lane, she's in Magnum's Ferrari

Practiced on the Autobahn, Talladega's child's play

Beauty's 250 miles an hour on a mild day

I just learned to ride a bike, nah, not a ninja, but a BMX

Barely offa training wheels, laughing when she see him next to her

Sweating out that Sunday school blazer

Tickled by the courage of this funny new racer

Eight miles, one shot, all I need to grace her

Wheels keep spinning though with no trace of brake dust

When a pretty girl's traveling at lightspeed

I'ma need som'n a little faster than a five-speed

Chase her, all I do is chase her

Pedal to the metal, but I can't keep the pace up

I'm sayin' though

Won't you slow down, baby, slow down

I wish that you would slow down, baby, slow down, unh

Speed up, all she do is speed up

Laughing all the way, knowing I will never keep up

You playin' though

Won't you slow down, baby, slow down

I wish that you would slow down, take it slow

I done dodged potholes and blocked roads in Broncos and Tahoes

But still she one-ups me in Murcielagos

She'll fly out to Lagos, pop up in Largo

But then I can't find her like red stripes and Waldo

One minute, her honey brown hair's flowing in the wind

Dropped the top on the Miata, going for a spin

Next minute, looking like the newest Girl Six

Donuts in the Z, leaving digits in a whirlwind

She's been a caramel, pouty-lipped driver

I'm chasing in a Pacer, but she Dodged me in a Viper

She turned into a chocolate girl, debonair and daring

I borrowed a Camaro, but her flair was a McClaren

She's even been a redhead, blonde and a brunette

Bugatti, Maserati, or a product made in Munich

A busted radiator while I'm whipping out a tool kit

Screaming out the window, "What the eff is that, a Pewjit

You mean Peugeot? "Either way, move, Joe

You ain't got enough juice, chuck deuce, too slow

Even if I had Knight Rider in Pursuit Mode

"Boy please, arm reach? Need to be Manute Bol's

Chase her, all I do is chase her

Pedal to the metal, but I can't keep the pace up

I'm sayin' though

Won't you slow down, baby, slow down

I wish that you would slow down, baby, slow down, unh

Speed up, all she do is speed up

Laughing all the way, knowing I will never keep up

You playin' though

Won't you slow down, baby, slow down

I wish that you would slow down, take it slow

I've dreamed of her gullwings flying up, long legs stretching out

Red bottom bandit with the perfect body edging out

Long hair waving like a checkered flag finish

Hope in 29 years, she'll remember last sentence

And from my admissions, maybe she will grant wishes

Rectify the math: minus bad disses, add kisses

But only math she know is how fast she go

She's used to saying Audi when your game don't Geo

But Mrs. G-O-I-N-G-S

Said if I'd have caught Maria, might've been some BS

A braggadocious swag, bloviated self

Knowing I could bag it, stroke and dash, I would hate myself

Feeling ji entitled every time a pretty woman comes along

I'd treat her like a hooker, stuffing hundreds in her thong

And it's wrong, besides, she might be out for Rodeo

It isn't in your make to be her Alfa Romeo

She's stock car racing

Time to end my subscription to her Motor Trends and stop car chasing

Matter fact, headlights, bra chasing

It's just a lot of time wasted

Chase her, all I do is chase her

Pedal to the metal, but I can't keep the pace up

I'm sayin' though

Won't you slow down, baby, slow down

I wish that you would slow down, baby, slow down, unh

Speed up, all she do is speed up

Laughing all the way, knowing I will never keep up

You playin' though

Won't you slow down, baby, slow down

I wish that you would slow down, baby, slow down, unh

Yeah

The bottom line is

Every girl that looks good

Ain't a good look for you

I know you ain't gon' move with Joe

But you could still move to it though

I know you ain't you ain't gon' move with Joe

But you could still move to it though

Unh

Yeah

Ain't a good look for you

I know you ain't gon' move with Joe

But you could still move to it though

I know you ain't you ain't gon' move with Joe

But you could still move to it though