Lying on the motorway this morning
I thought I heard a distant thunder rolling
So I lay so still on the mould away
Till the cavalcade came screaming past
Like hell hounds in my ears
It was over in a moment,
the wind like a tornado
The sweet perfume of petrol
like a lovers' party kiss
Then I closed my eyes on
the mortal wave
And I dreamed about the days gone by,
brave boys
I dreamed about the days gone by
Lying on the motorway this evening
The gypsies came up close
while I'm sleeping
So quietly he'd done
them all to waste
Pulling their possessions
in the cover of the night
They'd soon seen the world end,
the shining black recession
Screaming past like orbs
ascending through a tarmac sky
So they hid themselves
by the motorway
They dreamed about the days gone by,
brave boys
They dreamed about the day
that's gone away
And what were they doing,
those people from the government
Burning sacrificial gasoline
to keep the dogs at bay
There were shadows in the hedgerows,
and strange lights from the slip -roads
So we huddled on the motorway, boys
We huddled on the motorway
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