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: G ....2.3..2....2.3..2.. A 3...........3......... repeat

^Ftime - measured in dotted yellow ^Flines has past you ^Fby ^Fand I never said an honest thing to ^Fyou in all my ^Flife hard ^Gtimes go ^Fslowly and the good ^Ftimes never ^Gcome the world is a ^Fmotor inn in a ^Fiowa highway ^Gslum ^Fwhen the open ^Groad is closing ^Fin ^Dmand you can't say where it ^Gends and you ^Gbegin when ^Fevery truck stop ^Gdive's another ^Ffive years off your ^E7life ^Fwhen the open ^Groad is closing ^Fin ^Dmand the dotted yellow ^Glines begin to ^Gspin when the ^Fsky begins to ^Gfall on every^Fthing you like at ^E7all ^Dmyou won't be ^Gcoming home a^Dmgain ^G ^F

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