Red Barchetta

My Uncle has a country place that no one knows about,
He said it used to be farm before the Motor Law,
On Sundays I'd elude the eyes and jump the turbine frieght,
Too far outside the wire where my white-haired Uncle waits.

Jump to the ground as the turbo slows across the borderline,
Run like the wind as excitement shivers up and down my spine,
Down in his barn my Uncle perserved for me an old machine,
For 50 odd years to keep at as new as in his dearest dream.

I strip away the old debris that hides a shinny car,
A brilliant red Barchetta from a better vanished time,
I fire up the willing engine responding with a roar,
Tires spiting gravel I commit my weekly crime.

Wind in my hair...
Shifting and drifting...
Mechanical music...
Adrenaline surge...

Well-weather leather hot metal and oil,
The scented country air sunlight on chrome,
The blur of the landscape every nerve aware.

Suddenly ahead of me across the mountainside,
A gleaming alloy air-car ahoots towards me two-lanes wide,
I spin around the shrieking tires to run the deadly race,
Go screaming through the valley as another joins the race.

Drive like the wind straining the limits of machine and man,
Laughing out loud with fear and hope I've got a desperate plan,
At the one-lane bridge I leave the gaints stranded at the riverside,
Race back to the farm to dream with my Uncle at the fireside.

From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea

Everytime we do this I fall for her,
Wave after wave after wave,
It's all for her,
I know this can't be wrong I said,
And I'd like to keep her happy,
As long as I know tonight,
Today I belong right here with you,
Right here with you.

So we watched the sun come up,
From the edge of the deep green sea,
And she listens like her head's on fire,
Cause she wants to believe in me,
So I try,
Put your hands in the sky,
Surrender,
Remember we'll be here forever,
And never say goodbye.

I've never felt so colorful and secret head before,
I've never felt so wonderful,
Do you want some more?
And all I want is to keep it like this,
Just be alone with this sacred kiss,
Don't go home,
Don't go away,
Don't let this end,
Please stay,
Just for today.

Never let me go she says,
Hold me like this for a hundred-thousand-million days,
Suddenly she stops,
Looks down at my breaking face,
Why do you cry?
What did I say?
Well it's rain in my smile,
Washing my tears away.

I wish I could just stop,
I know another moment will break my heart,
Too many tears,
Too many times,
Too many years I've cried over you.

Over you,
Over you!

How much more can we use it up? Drink and drive nd take this drug? Looking for something forever gone? Something we will always want?

Why are you letting me go she says?
Are you pulling back a million chains she says?
Just as I'm breaking free,
She hands herself infront of me,
Unzipps her dress like a fragile little girl,
Puts her hands in the sky,
And surrenders it all.

I wish I could just stop,
I know another moment will break my heart,
Too many tears,
Too many times,
Too many years I've cried for you.

It's always the same,
Wake up in the rain,
Head in pain,
Hung in shame,
A different name,
Same old game,
Love in vain,
And miles and miles away from home again.