Sarah Needs A Ride Tonight

Original lyrics & composition – Carlos Chagall, 2013

Sebastien Greco, vocals
Carlos Chagall, guitar+
Chloe, vocals
Papo Cuadrado, percussion
Dede Rivera, Bass

 

Sarah needs a ride tonight.
I take her where she wants to go.
To the edge of town,
maybe heaven’s door.

I keep the conversation light,
there’s something in the air tonight.
She keeps it deep inside her,
keeps it locked away.

The glow of Sarah’s cigarette,
the smell of her perfume,
and she finally finds a song she likes on the radio.

She hums a tune she knows she’s heard,
long ago in a dream it seems;
keeps her spellbound,
all wound down.

My wipers beat against the rain,
as Sarah starts to cry.
It’s the long road home I’m taking
just to kill some time.
She says, “You all expect too much,
you wonder who I am.
I’ve got a room of broken mirrors,
that don’t work so well.”

We hum a tune
we know we’ve heard
long ago in a dream
it seems, keeps us spellbound,
all wound down.

A sad song plays on the radio.

I reach beyond the broken glass,
it cuts me to the bone,
to the secret place she’s hiding,
that she calls her own.
I say, “I don’t expect that much,
I don’t care who you are.
Let’s fly away.”

A sad song plays on the radio,
keeps us spellbound,
all wound down.

© Carlos Chagall, 2013