Like A Motorway

Saint Etienne · Casino Classics [2002]

Transcribed by mark dorset



He's gone, / he's gone. /



She wears sad jeans / torn at the waistband. /

Her pretty face / is stained with tears. /

And in her right hand / she clasps a letter; /

I know this means / that he has gone. /



And in this town / of mis-guided tourists, /

She never thought / she'd fall in love. /

It was a few days / after her birthday, /

The thrill hostess / gave her first kiss. /



He said her skin / smelled just like petals, /

Said stupid things / he knew she'd like. /

She said her life / was like a motorway: /

Dull, grey, and long / 'til he came along. /



He's gone, / he's gone. /



I said "how could / he ever leave you? /

You two were good, / you were so right." /

She said "i wish / that he just left me; /

He'd be alive, / alive tonight." /



He's gone, / he's gone. /

He's gone, / he's gone. /

He's gone, / he's gone.