Hooray for Geddy, Alex and Neil. Best band ever. First time I saw them was the 2112 tour, seen them at least 8 times since.
Dan --- On Sat, 4/23/11, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > From: Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: We Be Slammin' > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Saturday, April 23, 2011, 9:49 AM > Hendrik & Fay wrote: > > http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/3086/Ferrari-166-MM-Touring-Barchetta-Speciale.html > > > Here's a song, set in the future when cars are banned... > > Rush Red Barchetta Lyrics > > My uncle has a country place > That no one knows about. > He says it used to be a farm, > Before the Motor Law. > And on Sundays I elude the Eyes, > And hop the Turbine Freight > To far outside the Wire, > Where my white-haired uncle waits. > > Jump to the ground > As the Turbo slows to cross the Borderline. > Run like the wind, > As excitement shivers up and down my spine. > Down in his barn, > My uncle preserved for me an old machine, > For fifty-odd years. > To keep it as new has been his dearest dream. > > I strip away the old debris > That hides a shining car. > A brilliant red Barchetta > From a better, vanished time. > I fire up the willing engine, > Responding with a roar. > Tires spitting gravel, > I commit my weekly crime... > > Wind- > In my hair- > Shifting and drifting- > Mechanical music- > Adrenalin surge... > > Well-weathered leather, > Hot metal and oil, > The scented country air. > Sunlight on chrome, > The blur of the landscape, > Every nerve aware. > > Suddenly ahead of me, > Across the mountainside, > A gleaming alloy air-car > Shoots towards me, two lanes wide. > I spin around with shrieking tires, > To run the deadly race, > Go screaming through the valley > As another joins the chase. > > Drive like the wind, > Straining the limits of machine and man. > Laughing out loud > With fear and hope, I've got a desperate plan. > At the one-lane bridge > I leave the giants stranded at the riverside. > Race back to the farm, to dream with my uncle at the > fireside > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAvQSkK8Z8U > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
