Vanishing Point

I'm at the wheel again, you lean into a kiss
as you resume your talk I disappear into the sunlight
I see a stop at last, I stretch at the side of the road
you slowly pay for gas, I disappear into the cornfields

Bridge:
I had cleared the table when you proposed we travel
I stood up to embrace but my attempt was hollow

Out of the bathroom stall, I rest my head in the sink
you are a half-remembered dream, I disappear into the cold stream
of water, of water

Chorus:
And I take the turns too fast
'cause every time you say hold on I push my right foot down
and we won't too far 'cause I can not get the car to start
(no we won't get too far, 'cause I can't get the car,
I hate to mention this but I don't know where the hell we are - second chorus)

The waitress winks at me, she wipes her hands on a rag
it's in the gestures she makes, she thinks that everybody's lonely
It's almost 9:00 p.m., surprised the sky is still so bright
I hear the car door slam, I disappear into the fireflies

Chorus

Got all the windows down, I lean out to get at the air
I've got the radio on, I disappear into a love song
Stare past the wheel again, we are like two yellow lines
so close they never touch, I disappear into the high beams

Bridge
Chorus

© 2000 Rosanne Raneri