R-213 · 45 single · A/B
Three More Miles
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AThree More Miles2:49
Verse 1 Needle on a quarter tank, canvas at my back, Red dust on the windshield and a wheel inside the track. The truck ahead is coughing like it swallowed half the road, I keep one eye on heaven and one eye upon the load. Chorus Three more miles, then another three, White stone marker and a broken tree. Don’t ask the road where the road has been, Three more miles and we count again. Verse 2 Miller drums the dashboard, Harris watches every field, Nobody says he’s frightened, nobody says he’s steel. The radio spits a weather word and falls beneath the tires, We follow someone’s taillights through a town of cooking fires. Bridge No map can show the waiting, No gauge can measure doubt. You learn the road by going in, You learn it coming out. Final Chorus Three more miles, then another three, Bent road sign and a tamarind tree. Don’t ask the road how the story ends, Three more miles and we count again. Outro Engine-like bass pulse continues for four bars, then the band stops together.
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BA Wheel Off the Ground2:42
[Verse 1] At sixteen I could make a motor Tell the whole street I was there I could take a corner quickly I could make the young girls stare Then I took a job with Taylor At the garage out of town He watched me race an engine With a wheel off the ground [Chorus] A wheel off the ground It can turn all day Make a mighty lot of noise And never get away Set it down easy Let it feel the weight A wheel off the ground Won't get you through the gate [Verse 2] There were men who came in boasting How they'd leave this place behind There were men who drove in quietly With their troubles well defined Taylor listened to the quiet ones And handed me the tools He said, "There's a time to run the engine And a time to let it cool" [Chorus] A wheel off the ground It can turn all day Make a mighty lot of noise And never get away Set it down easy Let it feel the weight A wheel off the ground Won't get you through the gate [Bridge] I came back from a winter job With money for a car He didn't ask how fast it went He asked me, "Have you travelled far?" [Final Chorus] A wheel off the ground It can turn all day Make a mighty lot of noise And never get away Set it down easy Let it feel the weight A wheel off the ground Won't get you through the gate
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