Verse 1

Started slow at the back of the field
Hands shaking hard on the wheel
Mentor plates and nervous eyes
Watching the fast kids flying by

Three laps down most Saturday nights
Trying just to hold the line
Sometimes getting hit in the way
Still showing up the next race day

Some drove home feeling defeated
Questioning if they could beat it
But somewhere underneath those lights
The fear started fading over time

Pre-Chorus

This game can break your confidence
Make you doubt what all this is
But every racer learns somehow
You either stop… or fight through now

Chorus

When the dust settles
And the engines stop
We’ll remember everything we got
The hard hits, the heartbreaks, the Saturday nights
The moments that changed our lives

Some found speed
Some found fire
Some climbed higher and higher
And when we hang these helmets on the wall
We’ll know it meant something after all

We came here as kids…
And left as racers

Verse 2

Middle pack fighting every week
Bent up cars and little sleep
Friday nights inside the shed
Trying to straighten rails again

Mums and dads under pressure too
Doing everything they could do
Sometimes stress turned into fights
Trying to get the car right through the night

Officials making calls you hate
Sometimes fair and sometimes late
Learning life won’t always go your way
Is part of growing up this way

Bridge

Some nights everything goes wrong
Still you find a way hold on
Because deep inside you know
This sport changes your soul

Some found love down in the pits
Young hearts trying to figure it
Holding hands beneath the lights
Then watching young love fall apart

Some got bullied on and off the track
People trying to hold them back
Picking at their weakest days
Just to feel strong in their own way

Some thought maybe they should quit
When nothing seemed to work a bit
But racers aren’t built like that
They bend… they break… then fight right back

Breakdown

Front runners carving through the air
Smooth and fast without a care
But even they know deep inside
They started scared the very same way

From mentors learning where to turn
To kids with trophies left to earn
Every racer in this place
Is chasing more than just first place

Final Chorus

When the dust settles
And the summer ends
These memories stay beneath our skin
The noise, the nerves, the tears, the wins
The people that we’ve all become within

Years from now we’ll still recall
Those Ministock nights gave us it all
More than trophies
More than fame
We found ourselves inside this game

And when we hang these helmets on the wall
We’ll know it meant something after all

We came here as kids…
And left as racers

Outro

So here’s to the mentors finding pace
The mid fielders battling every race
The winners chasing one more win
And every kid who climbed back in

When the dust settles…
We all leave stronger than we arrived

Verse 1
The day you came into this world
I held you close and cried
Something changed inside my heart
The moment I looked in your eyes

I’d always dreamed of being a dad
But dreams don’t come close to the truth
Because from the very first breath you took
My whole world became you

(Pre-Chorus)
Tiny hands learning how to hold on
Little feet learning how to fly
And somehow the years kept moving
While I blinked and watched life go by

Chorus
There’s no greater purpose in this life
Than watching your children grow
Through every laugh, every tear
Every road you choose to go

And I could never ask for more
Than the love you’ve given me
Olivia and Jessica
You became the best parts of me

Kind hearts
Strong minds
Beautiful souls that shine
And no matter where this life may lead
You’ll always be my greatest pride

Verse 2
Learning bikes and family trips
Rotorua memories
Surfers Paradise summers
Laughing wild and free

Then suddenly you were young women
Standing stronger on your own
Finding courage in this world
Travelling places far from home

You became strong independent women
Who know exactly what you deserve
Never settling for less than respect
Knowing your own worth

Pre-Chorus
And now we sit in cafés talking
Like old friends who understand
And I still see those little girls
Whenever you reach for my hand

Chorus
There’s no greater purpose in this life
Than watching your children grow
Through every laugh, every tear
Every road you choose to go

And I could never ask for more
Than the love you’ve given me
Olivia and Jessica
You became the best parts of me

Kind hearts
Strong minds
Beautiful souls that shine
And no matter where this life may lead
You’ll always be my greatest pride

Bridge
Maybe weddings
Maybe children
Maybe dreams not yet begun
Or maybe life will take you somewhere
Different from what I once thought of

But whatever makes your heart feel full
Whatever path you choose
I’ll stand beside you every time
There’s nothing you could do
That would stop me loving you

Final Chorus
There’s no greater purpose in this life
And now I finally know
The greatest gift I’ve ever had
Was getting to watch you grow

And if I did one thing right
If I leave nothing else behind
It’s knowing I raised two daughters
Who are compassionate and kind

So chase your lives
And chase your dreams
Become all you want to be
And wherever this world may take you
You’ll always mean the world to me

Olivia… Jessica…
Thank you for giving my life its meaning