Here they are:
A Prologue
There's a dead man in the back seat, but he's not my main concern.
There's a dead man in the back seat, and a lesson for someone to learn.
There's a dead man in the back seat, and there's a gap in my mind
between where he and i meet, and the evidence you find.
There's a natural explanation, there's some history hiding.
I'm sure I can find some kind of truth if I just keep on driving.
There's a dead man in the back seat, and we're running low on fuel.
He and i are going to have to figure out exactly what we're going to do.
See I'm not short on ideas but it's preying on my mind
that, one way or another, we're running out of time.
There's a natural explanation, there's some history hiding.
I'm sure I can find some kind of truth if I just keep on driving.
Someone's father? Someone's son.
Some wrong punished or some wrong done?
A straight road to the coast to dump a bag of bones?
There's a dead man in the back seat, and only he and i know
how this came to pass and how it's going to go.
There's a natural explanation, there's some history hiding.
I'm sure I can find some kind of truth if I just keep on driving.
Rather than going to work early this morning, I came up with a tune.
Here it is:
But does it need some drums? I'm thinking yes...
2 comments:
Nice but, you're right, it does need drums - brushes on a snare drum, perhaps? Almost a jazz style would work quite well I'm thinking.
Other than that the second half of the second line is definitely one syllable too many. You could drop the 'and' and then it won't sound so hurried
"There's a dead man in the bank seat; a lesson for someone to learn" may scan better.
Good dark lyrics.
Mark
but sticking too many syllables into a line is my Unique Selling Point! I'll have to play 6 monkey song next time we catch up ;¬)
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