A MILLION MILES AWAY

Driving down the expressway

sun sinking fast in my eyes

cars rush by like drunken mayflies

and I am one of them

in too much a hurry to go nowhere

a million miles away

A primitive beat amplified

makes the speakers pulse behind my ears

whether we’re basically good or evil

the chicken and egg all over again

finding affection only to lose it then

a million miles away

My temples pound with love gone wrong

the music telling me I should go

romance is fine till partners take advantage

and love exists no more

what once was felt at the touch of a kiss

a million miles away

And when the night reclaims the day

the cold will remind me of who I am

her embrace to comfort me again

my machine of escape

long since slumbered

a million miles away

© 1982 Chris Sorrenti