Highway Star Lyrics
| Band | |
|---|---|
| Album | Machine Head(1972) |
| Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
| Genres | Hard Rock |
| Labels | Purple Records, Warner Bros. Records |
| Ranked | #1 for 1972 , #14 all-time |
Album rating : 95.2 / 100
Votes : 98
Votes : 98
1. Highway Star (6:05)
Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power big fat tyres
and everything
I love it and I need it
I bleed it yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright hold tight
I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my girl
I'm gonna keep her to the end
Nobody gonna have my girl
She stays close on every bend
Oooh she's a killing machine
She's got everything
Like a moving mouth body control
and everything
I love her I need her
I seed her
Yeah She turns me on
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my head
I got speed inside my brain
Nobody gonna steal my head
Now that I'm on the road again
Oooh I'm in heaven again I've got everything
Like a moving ground an open road
and everything
I love it and I need it
I seed it
Eight cylinders all mine
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power big
fat tyres and everything
I love it and I need it
I bleed it
Yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power big fat tyres
and everything
I love it and I need it
I bleed it yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright hold tight
I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my girl
I'm gonna keep her to the end
Nobody gonna have my girl
She stays close on every bend
Oooh she's a killing machine
She's got everything
Like a moving mouth body control
and everything
I love her I need her
I seed her
Yeah She turns me on
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my head
I got speed inside my brain
Nobody gonna steal my head
Now that I'm on the road again
Oooh I'm in heaven again I've got everything
Like a moving ground an open road
and everything
I love it and I need it
I seed it
Eight cylinders all mine
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power big
fat tyres and everything
I love it and I need it
I bleed it
Yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
― 
Machine Head - Lyrics
| ▶ 1. Highway Star Lyrics | 2. Maybe I'm a Leo Lyrics |
| 3. Pictures of Home Lyrics | 4. Never Before Lyrics |
| 5. Smoke on the Water Lyrics | 6. Lazy Lyrics |
| 7. Space Truckin' Lyrics | 8. When a Blind Man Cries Lyrics |
Machine Head - Album Credits
Members
- Ian Gillan : Vocals, Harmonica, Songwriting
- Ritchie Blackmore : Guitars, Songwriting
- Roger Glover : Bass, Songwriting
- Ian Paice : Drums, Percussion, Songwriting
- Jon Lord : Organ, Keyboards, Songwriting
Other staff
- Deep Purple : Producer
- Martin Birch : Engineer, Mixing Engineer
- Jeremy "Bear" Gee : Assistant Engineer
- John Coletta : Cover Art
- Roger Glover : Cover Design
- Shephard Sherbell : Photography
Best Deep Purple Songs
| Rank | Song | Album | Rating | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | ▶ Highway Star | Machine Head (1972) | 99 | 36 |
| 2 | | Smoke on the Water | Machine Head (1972) | 98.8 | 31 |
| 3 |  | Child In Time | In Rock (1970) | 99.1 | 21 |
| 4 |  | Perfect Strangers | Perfect Strangers (1984) | 98.8 | 15 |
| 5 |  | Highway Star (Live) | Made in Japan (1972) [Live] | 98.8 | 8 |
| 6 | | Strange Kind of Woman (Live) | Made in Japan (1972) [Live] | 98.8 | 8 |
| 7 |  | Burn | Burn (1974) | 97.1 | 14 |
| 8 |  | Soldier of Fortune | Stormbringer (1974) | 96.7 | 14 |
| 9 | | Child in Time (Live) | Made in Japan (1972) [Live] | 97.5 | 8 |
| 10 |  | April | Deep Purple (1969) | 95.9 | 13 |
| 11 | | Mistreated | Burn (1974) | 95.4 | 15 |
| 12 | | Smoke on the Water (Live) | Made in Japan (1972) [Live] | 96.9 | 8 |
| 13 | | Knocking At Your Backdoor | Perfect Strangers (1984) | 95.5 | 13 |
| 14 | | Lazy (Live) | Made in Japan (1972) [Live] | 97.1 | 7 |
| 15 | | Black Night | In Rock (1970) | 95.5 | 12 |
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