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From: davidl@tekecs.UUCP (David Levine)
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Speed Racer Lyrics
Message-ID: <2156@tekecs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Sep-83 13:55:45 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 22 13:55:45 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 24-Sep-83 00:16:04 EDT
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Ah yes, Speed Racer.  One of the all-time worst shows ever to be
foisted on the American public by the Japanese.  I used to love it.

Here are the lyrics to the opening title song, as best I recall them...

	Here he comes
	Here comes Speed Racer
	He's a demon on wheels.

	He's a demon and he's gotta be
	chasing after someone.

	He's almost flying as he guns the car around the track.
	He's jamming down the channel like he's never coming back.
	Adventure's waiting just ahead!

	Go, Speed Racer!
	Go, Speed Racer!
	Go, Speed Racer, Go!

The functions of the buttons:

	A: Release remote-control bird
	B?: Seal canopy for underwater operation
	C?: Extend winglets for long-distance jumps (?)
	D?: Raise TV periscope
	E?: Oxygen supply
	F?: Extra-traction thingies on tires
	G: Extend jacks (also caused a freeze-frame)

All these functions were explained in one episode, but I've tried here
to reconstruct them from memory.  Button names like B?: mean I recall
the function but not which button invoked it.  Button names like A:
mean I'm pretty sure that button did that.  Part of the confusion about
the buttons is caused by the fact that occasionally special functions
were installed for a specific race (e.g. I recall that once the Mark V
was rebuilt into a speedboat, with corresponding all-new functions for
the buttons).

  -- David D. Levine   (...decvax!tektronix!tekecs!davidl)      [UUCP]
                       (...tekecs!davidl.tektronix@rand-relay)  [ARPA]

     (Founder of the Milwaukee chapter of the "International Kill Spritle
     and Jim-Jim Club")