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Backseat of My Car

from PDX​-​NYC​-​PDX by David Waingarten

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lyrics

i wasn't first
and i won't be the last
to fall in love with the moving mile
passing under me
'til reality
is just the list of everything i tried

i lived in the backseat of my car
connects me to anything at all
insides changing with the way i steer
living room walls
atmosphere

hit record on the tape machine at dawn
i'm alive like a line being drawn
pull over
and see the galaxy
there is nothing here
but the room to be

i lived in the backseat of my car
the radio kept me clear at night
and i have looked
through the windshield at my life

i wasn't first
and i won't be the last
to pry open my third eye
under windsheild glass
step on the gas
and cut texas in half

[chorus]

wake up wondering where to go
pearl jam "yield" playing on the stereo
following the signs
behind the signs
sense of space opening inside

i wasn't first
and i won't be the last
to outrun the button holes
of my past
and i think that there was only one
it's the way i saw when i was young

[chorus]

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from PDX​-​NYC​-​PDX, track released March 30, 1978

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David Waingarten Portland, Oregon

David plays music to keep himself company. He digs records that sound like they were recorded in bedrooms and basements, and is inspired by the raw intimacy and honesty of Paul Simon, Elliot Smith, Blaze Foley and Gillian Welch. His songs are about healing, living in your car, longing to be found, gratitude, riding subways, finding silence, and stumbling along your path. ... more

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