Speed, no....tenacity, yes.

I Googled, and came up with a longer fragment:

They're American planes, made in America...
so hold me now, in your long arms,
your petrochemical arms, your military arms

Or is this a parody of the Laurie Anderson song?
Whatever the case, can anybody post the True and Complete Lyrics?

I found a review of the album on this page:

LAURIE ANDERSON “BIG SCIENCE” NONESUCH

Twenty-five years ago, Laurie Anderson released her debut, Big Science, a distillation of her eight-hour performance piece, United States I-IV. Trimming the fat and leaving ice-cold bone, Big Science achieved some commercial success due to the surprising popularity of the eight-minute centerpiece, “O Superman (For Massenet),” which reached number two as a UK single. Nonesuch has re-released and remastered Big Science, and the material remains intriguing today. The standout track is still “O Superman,” a hypnotic vocoder piece that predicted years of American anxiety: “So hold me now, in your long arms,” Anderson sings, overwhelmed by an ominous sax run that suggests how messed up things really are. The odd instrumentation and vocal performances make this a disc unlikely to remain in regular rotation, but for those ready to really sit and listen, Big Science is perfect. Pretentious but brilliant.

Well, since it's an eight-minute song from an eight-hour album, maybe we don't really need to post it....