20th Century Farewell
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LONG DISTANCE RUNNER
Well, you'd been running to be running And somehow that's all right Cause you were coming to the edge So you set yourself in flight But now your heart is the drummer Let it let through the Summer And be a long distance runner Well, you'd been looking for some lightning And waiting for the flash Just standing in the open Till it was time to make your dash But now your heart is the drummer Let it beat through the Summer And be a long distance runner Well, everybody's try to tell you You can run but you can't hide But till you found a beat to propel you So that you could hit your stride You were your own competition But scared you'd fall behind Cause you were racing with yourself Just to top your own best time But now your heart is the drummer Let it beat through the Summer And be a long distance runner Break So now you're running to be running And it's begun to hurt real good Everybody gets a second wind And though you thought you never would Now your heart is the drummer Let it beat through the Summer And be a long distance runner EARLY MORNING SKYLINE
Early morning skyline moving like an airplane Flying past my windshield as I drive Gotta keep moving gonna keep searching Pushing straight on through till I arrive I'm always looking but never finding Even when I think I see it clear I'm always reaching but never quite grasping Even when I feel it drawing near I rode an all night highway toward another town In the rearview mirror I watched the sun go down Through the darkest hours I was still awake I saw the full moon rising across a frozen lake Early morning skyline hiding all the people Who'll be waking up soon to work from nine to five But I'm in motion to difference destination Pushing straight on through till I arrive Break Early morning skyline moving like an airplane Flying past my windshield as I drive Gonna keep moving gotta keep searching Pushing straight on through till I arrive Yeah, pushing straight on through HEAVEN IN THE WINDSHIELD
We were on our way to Memphis The sun was going down And we were falling for each other We were getting out of town It looked like heaven in the windshield I bet I never get that close again Heaven in the windshield And the truth hot on our trail We were crazy for each other So sure love would prevail We were looking at the promised land I bet I never get that close again Once in every lifetime It was that kind of thing Every time I looked at her I could hear the angels sing It was no common case of lovestruck Might be how it sounds But tell me why my heart breaks When that memory comes around Yeah, we were on our way to Memphis And for a moment time stood still It made a diamond in my memory Can't fade it never will We were just this side of paradise And I bet I never get that close again Break Once in every lifetime It was that kind of thing Every time she looked at me I heard the angels sing It was no common case of lovestruck Might be how it sounds But tell me why my heart breaks When that memory comes around We were on our way to Memphis The sun was going down And we were falling for each other We were getting out of town It looked like heaven in the windshield And I bet I never get that close again Heaven in the windshield And I bet I never get that close again CINNAMON GIRL
I wanna live with a cinnamon girl I could be happy the rest of my life with a cinnamon girl A dreamer of pictures I run in the night You see us together chasing the moonlight my cinnamon girl Pa send me money now I need to make it some how I need another chance I see your baby loves to dance Ten silver saxes a bass with a bow The drummer relaxes and waits between shows for his cinnamon girl Pa sent me money now I need to make it some how I need another chance I see your baby loves to dance THAT OLD TWO SEATER
What a sight it was to see my mother would reply When I asked her to recall how granddad used to fly That biplane built for two he turned his kids into a crew And told them what to do just as if he really knew When the auctioneer yelled sold imagine his surprise Henry'd just bid as a joke and said I wonder if it flies But hadn't grandma said I'd love to look down from the sky So what could Sarah do when Henry said let's try So with Sarah round in front and Henry at the stick He'd call, "come on Mother, crank, and run get in here quick" And at first they'd circle slow waving to their children down below And then off those two would go to make that old two seater roll Break And when they'd come in for a landing Their mother'd call her brothers from the barn That old airplane still was standing In the field when they inherited the farm Last Fall the airbase had a show and the Thunderbirds were there So I took my kids to see their ballet in the air But before the main event I told a story so they'd know I'd really brought them to the show to see an old two seater roll CAR ON FIRE
Well I remember the day we met a long, long time ago When I was young and wild and you were young and wilder Call for the hook and ladder cause down in the very last row There was a car on fire the flames getting higher and higher And higher and higher Now it's too late fireman too late Love's in a hurry love won't wait Too late fireman too late Love's in a hurry love won't wait You should've told me the day we met Our love getting higher and higher You should've told me but you sold me a car on fire Call for the hook and ladder we gotta get on with the show But my heart's on fire the flames getting higher and higher And higher and higher Chorus Break Yeah it's too late fireman too late love's in hurry and love won't wait Too late fireman too late love's in hurry and love won't wait Too late fireman too late love's in hurry and love won't wait Too late fireman too late when love's in hurry hell love won't wait |
