[Verse 1]

Five gears in reverse

For girls looking for the big lift

Somebody send out for the night nurse

Please don't stick me on the late shift

If you don't know by now

Nobody's going to tell you

If you don't know by now

The shock will probably kill you

[Chorus]

But if your patience is exhausted and you still cannot decide

You're sitting in the garage contemplating suicide

And you have no motivation, you can't even catch your breath

All of this acceleration is driving you to death

[Verse 2]

Five gears in reverse

You think I don't know what I'm doing

Another fashionable first

Like walking down the road to ruin

But if you're safe and sound

Don't let me interrupt you

And if you're gagged and bound

Well, how can I corrupt you?

[Chorus]

But if your patience is exhausted and you still cannot decide

And you're sitting in the garage contemplating suicide

And you have no motivation, you can't even catch your breath

This acceleration is driving you to death

Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!