Story Behind The Song

INSPIRED BY A ROD SERLING STORY

Song Description

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Lyrics

?HITCHER?
(MORRIS-SCOTT)


IT?S A DARK ROAD TONIGHT
STRANGELY, NOTHING SEEMS RIGHT
THE MOON, IT GLISTENS LIKE A WHITE BONE
HANGING LOW IN THE SKY

THE HIGHWAY GOES ON FOREVER
AND I MUST GET SOME REST
NOT A SOUL UP AHEAD OR BEHIND ME
ON THIS DESERT EXPRESS

BROKEN BUILDINGS LIKE MATCHSTICKS
SHUTTERS BANG IN THE WIND
A LONELY HITCHHIKER BECKONS FOR A RIDE
DOES HIS HEART SEE MY SINS?

I SPEED BY WITHOUT STOPPING
HE DISAPPEARS IN THE MIRROR
HIS EYES SEEM TO GLOW, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT HE KNOWS?
IT?S THAT SOMETHING I FEAR

THIS ROAD IS STRAIGHT AS A DAGGER
FOR HOURS I?VE NOT SEEN A CAR
THIS BROKEN DOWN HEAP THAT ?WRECKS? SOLD ME CHEAP
MAY NOT MAKE IT TOO FAR

MINUTES PASSING LIKE HOURS
HAVE I NOT STOPPED ANYWHERE?
UP AHEAD IS THE HITCHER
HOW THE HELL HE GET THERE?

AS I SPEED BY, SEE HIM WAVING
JUST AS THOUGH WE WERE FRIENDS
HE SEEMS VAGUELY FAMILIAR
AND I LEAVE HIM AGAIN

I MADE A PHONE CALL TO DENI
SHE SAID IT COULDN?T BE ME
THAT I DIED OUTSIDE CERRILLOS
YESTERDAY MORNING AT THREE

NOW THE HITCHER IS SITTING BESIDE ME
I FEEL WHAT HE HAS TO SAY
HE RAISES HIS HAND JUST TO MOTION, IT SAYS
?I BELIEVE YOU?RE GOING MY WAY?



FROM THE TORPEDOES CD ?DOWNRANGE? ON FAST FUSE RECORDS
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