I watched them play this live in concert a couple of times. Great tune. Ed 300E
On 23 April 2011 11:17, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > One of my favorites.... > > Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> writes: > > > 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 > > > > -- > 1983 300D > > _______________________________________ > 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
