Taxi

It was raining hard in Frisco, I needed one more fare to make my night. A lady up ahead waved to flag me down and she got in at the light. Where are you going, my lady blue? It a shame you ruined your gown in the rain. She just looked out the window, she said sixteen Parkside Lane. Something about her was familiar; I could swear I seen that face before, But she said, I'm sure you mistaken, and she didn't say anything more. It took a while but she looked in the mirror and she glanced at the license for my name. A smile seemed to come to her slowly it was a sad smile just the same. And she said, how are you, Harry? I said, how are you, Sue? Through the too many miles and two little smiles I still remember you. It was somewhere in a fairy tale I used to drive her home in my car. We learned about love in the back of a Dodge lessons hadn't gone too far. You see, she was gonna be an actress, and I was gonna learn to fly. She took off to find the footlights, I took off to find the sky. Bridge: I got something inside me to make a princess blind. There's a wild man wi - zard, he hiding in me, illuminating my mind. I got something inside me, not what my life's about, I been let - ting my outside tide me over till my time runs out. Baby's so high that she's skyin', yes she's flyin, afraid to fall. 'll tell you why baby's cryin', 'cause she's dyin aren we all? There was not much more for us to talk about. Whatever we once had was gone, So I turned my cab into the driveway, past the gate and the fine trimmed lawn. And she said, we must get together, but I knew it never be arranged, So she handed me twenty dollars for a two-fifty fare and said, , Harry keep the change." Well, another man might have been angry, and another man might have been hurt. But another man never would've let her go I stashed the bill in my shirt. And she walked away in silence strange how you never know, But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for such a long, long, time ago. You see, she was gonna be an actress, and I was gonna learn to fly. She took off to find the footlights, I took off to find the sky. And here, she's acting happy inside her handsome home, and me, I flying in my taxi, taking tips and getting stoned. I go flying so high when I stoned.