Modern Nostalgia

When things go south
At the darkest hour
In a grey-blue car
At 90 miles per hour.

Don't worry babe
This is not a retreat
It's an escape

Push the window down babe
Let the world come in
Bursting out your lungs
Chain-smoking Mary Longs

At 100 miles per hour
You can't quit
No matter how hard you try
No matter how good you've been
Twelve angry men've spoken their mind
The verdict's in
You can't catch up with the time

From the backseat
I see the world backwards
This temple of no doors
This Eden with no floor
Where guilt is on another level

The peepshow is free
At 110 miles per hour
As streetlights flash like regrets
From an ancient time
From different lives

Let's hide our love
Somewhere it won't be tried

Don't panic babe it's just you and I
Now close your eyes and drive