You tell me that you’re leaving me
For someone you believe to be
Devoted just to you and you alone
Well goodbye baby, you know I’ll
Be thinkin’ of you only while
I get my Chevy motor fully blown
When you said I had to choose between
This muscle car and you, my queen
There was only one way that could ever go
I used to get home when I could
But there was nothing there as good
As when I light the nitro on my
HQ454 Monroe
She got fuelie heads, a tunnel ram
A seated seta new L34’s
Gotta new four hundred Hydra shift
Simmons wheels , nine inch diff
Bridgestone Eagers, twelve inch just because
She’s got four a colour, four a clear
She’s lookin’ better year by year
And unlike you tonight she’s riding low
So baby its goodbye
You could never get me high
Like when I light the nitro on my
HQ454 Monroe
Well baby if I had to guess
I’d say your man is more or less
The figment of an overheated dream
The kinda thing a girl like you
Can fantasize to get you through
And rectify your battered self esteem
I’ll bet he comes to get you in
Some shopping trolley kinda thing
That gets you where you’re going nice and slow
Well off you go that’s fine
The pleasure’s all mine
When I light the nitro on my
HQ454 Monroe
This refers to the internals of the motor that is being built. “Fuelie” is a nickname for the heads originally put on the 327ci Corvette motor, as the motor was mechanically fuel injected. Now, a “Fuelie Head” is more commonly defined by any “Double Hump” Head, with Double Hump referring to the identification mark on the head itself.
A tunnel ram is a type of intake manifold, which allows air to be physically forced into the combustion chamber by the forward speed of the vehicle.
Roller Rockers refer to the type of rocker arms in the valve train, rocker arms with a ball bearing roller installed in them.
The “lumpy cam” refers to the type of camshaft installed in the motor, one that causes a lumpy idle when the engine is turned on.
Referring to the coats of paint on the car. There are 4 layers of colour, and 4 layers of protective clear coat.
Jimmy Barnes is referring to getting his 454 Cubic Inch Chevrolet V8 Supercharged. Superchargers are also commonly called blowers, hence the term “Blown”
Simmons is a brand of rims, which this car is fitted with.
Bridgestone Eagers is a type of tyre commonly used on muscle cars. The “Twelve inch just because” line refers to the width of the tyres fitted, which is 12 inches (305MM).
This line refers to the Turbo 400 Hydra-matic Gearbox that is bolted to the engine, which is brand new to the motor.
The Ford 9 Inch Diff is one of the most commonly used performance differentials. The “9 Inch” refers to the diameter of the ring gear inside of the diff, which measures 9 inches.