Lyrics

Hit ‘n’ Run

Copyright Kelly Steven Johnson 1993, 2007
verse –D F C G with an intro each time that’s the same chords but different rythym sort of like a bridge between each stanza.
chorus –A E G A D E
This song is hard charging, it’s structure expressed through dynamics.

Verse
S’been a hit n run
in the street by my friend’s place.
Man in the road looked familiar to me,
but I couldn’t see his face.

Saw the flashin’ red lights
comin’ for the man in here,
blood drippin’ from his ear
made my eye drop a tear.

Sit & talk to you on the telephone
you don’t know how much you wear me out..
Sirens sing & come & dance
& still I can’t win the bout.

Frozen in disharmony,
I try to show you all that’s me,
but you don’t catch my drift
and all that leaves is a big rift.

Chorus
Symphonies pass through my head,
and great novels that can’t be read,
passin’ through my mind…

Verse
Givin’ quarters to people I see,
man, it coulda been me.
But I couldn’t judge the draw,
all I know is what I saw.

Walkin’ from here to the promised land:
seems to me like a great big scam.
Sold my soul to the man,
when I wake up, I won’t know who I am.

Talkin’ ‘bout the government
I do declare, I must admit,
that all I did and all I said
was tell you all that I’m not red.

What’s that I hear comin’
from your mouth?
Well I dunno, I think your ticket’s done gone south.