Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 14:40:21 +0100 From: Benjamin Flynn <cflynn@haverford.edu> Subject: m/magnetic_fields/when_the_open_road_is_closing_in.crd magnetic fields:charm of the highway strip song copyrighted 1993 by Stephin Merritt crd by Benjamin Flynn cflynn@haverford.edu when the open road is closing in intro: A ....2.3..2....2.3..2.. E 3...........3......... repeat

^Gtime - measured in dotted yellow ^Clines has past you ^Gby ^Gand I never said an honest thing to ^Cyou in all my ^Glife hard ^Dtimes go ^Cslowly and the good ^Gtimes never ^Dcome the world is a ^Cmotor inn in a ^Giowa highway ^Dslum ^Gwhen the open ^Droad is closing ^Cin ^Emand you can't say where it ^Dends and you ^Abegin when ^Gevery truck stop ^Ddive's another ^Cfive years off your ^B7life ^Gwhen the open ^Droad is closing ^Cin ^Emand the dotted yellow ^Dlines begin to ^Aspin when the ^Gsky begins to ^Dfall on every^Cthing you like at ^B7all ^Amyou won't be ^Dcoming home a^Amgain ^D ^G

ciao you keep on drowning in the roads between the towns now i have been closing all the shutters in the house well i know you'll be back when every tree is turning brown you'll find the house is empty and the swingset's fallen down

Magnetic Fields - When the open road is closing in