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She'll Drive the Big Car Lyrics
She waited by the pool
She was sick with fear and cold
She felt too old for all of this
Of course he never showed
She lugged her suitcase to the bus
Melted home through the snow
North along Riverside
She slips beneath the sheets
Her husband's quite devoted wife
But strangers sad and nervous
By the dawn's early light
Loves lies like a dead cloud
On a shabby, yellow lawn
Up on Riverside
She'll drive the big car
He'll sit behind
She'll keep an eye on Jessica
South along the Hudson
She'll turn the radio high
Find a station playing sad, sad soul
Just a little bit louder now
South along the Hudson yea
Just a little bit faster now
Just a little bit louder now
Just a little bit angry now
South along the Hudson, yea
And she'll drive the big car
And talk herself insane
Just a little bit louder now
Just a little bit angry now
Way back when Millennium
Meant racing to the light
He promised her a dream-life
He'd take her back to street-life
Away from violent water
With its cormorants and leaves
Up on riverside
She'll drive the big car
But he'll sit behind
Bursting her bubbles of Ludlow and Grand
South along the Hudson
She'll turn the radio way up high
Find a station playing sad, sad soul
Just a little bit louder now
South along the Hudson
Just a little bit faster now
Just a little bit louder now
Just a little bit angry now
South along the Hudson, yea
Just a little bit faster now
Just a little bit louder now
Just a little bit angry now
South along the Hudson, yea
She'll drive the big car
He'll sit behind
She'll keep an eye on Jessica
Just a little bit faster now
Just a little bit faster now
She was sick with fear and cold
She felt too old for all of this
Of course he never showed
She lugged her suitcase to the bus
Melted home through the snow
North along Riverside
Her husband's quite devoted wife
But strangers sad and nervous
By the dawn's early light
Loves lies like a dead cloud
On a shabby, yellow lawn
Up on Riverside
He'll sit behind
She'll keep an eye on Jessica
South along the Hudson
Find a station playing sad, sad soul
Just a little bit louder now
South along the Hudson yea
Just a little bit louder now
Just a little bit angry now
South along the Hudson, yea
And talk herself insane
Just a little bit louder now
Just a little bit angry now
Meant racing to the light
He promised her a dream-life
He'd take her back to street-life
With its cormorants and leaves
Up on riverside
But he'll sit behind
Bursting her bubbles of Ludlow and Grand
South along the Hudson
She'll turn the radio way up high
Find a station playing sad, sad soul
South along the Hudson
Just a little bit louder now
Just a little bit angry now
South along the Hudson, yea
Just a little bit louder now
Just a little bit angry now
South along the Hudson, yea
He'll sit behind
She'll keep an eye on Jessica
Just a little bit faster now
Just a little bit faster now
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Submitted by
saturnine On Apr 09, 2004
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GASP so she DID drive into the river! My gut instinct was in tune with Bowie's, oh yay!
That's what I thought too
That's what I thought too
for some reason, i always thought that the woman drowned herself by driving into the river. but now that i actually read the lyrics... maybe not. maybe she just drove off with her kids to escape her hubby.
I freakin love this song! It reminds me of "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead...same themes, I guess. I especially like the chorus. David Bowie is the most soulful skinny, white guy I know of. I remember how I saved up my lunch money for a month to buy this CD (I was a wee one...maybe 12?) DEFINATELY WORTH IT!