A18 Revisited

© Jon Horne 2006

Am                        Em
It's only so often you get nights like these
Am                      Em
So don't you dare go and waste it
Am                     Em
Refinery lights, and salt on the breeze
Am                     Em
You almost can't bear to face it
C                    G
A mist rolls up the river
C                        G
With the smell of burning embers
Dm               Fmaj7           G     E7
It stays with you forever, you remember

It's not a simple 'you can never go home again'.
'Cause how come I'm here on the road?
And even if summer has come to an end
The sweat's pouring off in a flood
So I wind the window all the way down
As the local radio takes up the sound
Dm                        Fmaj7     Cmaj7
And it's been like this forever, I remember

C           Bb                   F
You can't do a thing 'cause it's nobody's fault
                         G               C   
And if you can't point a finger, there's no point at all
C           Bb                   F
The road keeps unwinding for mile after mile
                                   G              E7
And you might just as well keep on driving all night

Years ago in a Ford Corsair
Your hero's the lad in the back
Waiting for the sleep in his eyes to clear
And rubbing the crick in his neck
The cigarette smoke is blue in the sun
He asks how far and they say: "Nearly home"
And a day can last forever, he remembers


revised 11.10.06