Track 10 of the album The Long Thaw · 2018
Take Me Round by the River, Driver
“Rain writing letters on a taxi window while the city turns to gold. I like to imagine it playing in the back seat.”
operatic pop · dream pop · lounge · 3:58
Lyrics
The rain is writing letters on the window The city blurs to gold I tell the driver, take the long way I am not ready to be home or cold The radio is playing something gentle The heater hums along And I am wrapped in someone else's evening Like the middle of a song Take me round by the river, driver Let the bridges light my way I have nowhere that I have to be Until the end of the day Let the rain keep falling softly Let the lamplight lead us on Take me round by the river, driver Till the sadness is gone He tells me of a daughter in a concert Who sang her first high note I tell him of a dream I almost abandoned When the spring was cold and remote We pass the old stone clock tower The water shining wide And two strangers in a little taxi Find a quiet kind of pride Take me round by the river, driver Let the bridges light my way I have nowhere that I have to be Until the end of the day Let the rain keep falling softly Let the lamplight lead us on Take me round by the river, driver Till the sadness is gone And when we reach my doorway I will tip him twice as much For the warmth of his small kindness And the music in his touch Take me round by the river, driver Let the bridges light my way I have nowhere that I have to be Until the end of the day Let the rain keep falling softly Let the lamplight lead us on Take me round by the river, driver Till the sadness is gone Till the sadness is gone