Snappy title, eh? In October 2005 I was fortunate enough to get to see Ronnie James Dio perform in what I believe turned out to be his final full UK tour. He was, as you'd expect, excellent. To get there, I had to drive across central England during the peak of the afternoon/early evening rush hour traffic on a Friday, into England's "second city", not knowing exactly where the venue was or what parking may or may not be available. This is the result of that journey. BUT. I wrote this to the tune of Alice Cooper's "I'm So Angry", which can be found on the CD "The Eyes Of Alice Cooper". (it's getting on a bit now, so you might be able to find a free download). The success of this directly led to me starting to write songs aswell. Sadly, I'm still not a fast enough guitarist to be able to share the fruits of that particular development with you; but, all considered, that is probably a bit of a relief for you! If you possibly can, play the song and read along to the timing of the lyrics. It will work SO MUCH BETTER than just reading the cold, silent text. I promise.
Shunting, stopping
Patience dropping
Only moving slow
Are we ever gonna go?
Ducking, diving
Slipping, sliding
Trying to stay clear
Of the looney who's too near
The guy behind is a clown
One lapse is all that it takes
See how his bonnet rocks down
Every time that he brakes
Can't get a look
Beyond that truck
This is so frustrating
There's no room for overtaking
Squealing tyres
Rising ires
Someone's gonna crash
Don't let me be in the smash
What was that noise we just heard?
Was it the lane we are in
The driving here is absurd
Someone has had a spin
Driving on into the night
We can see those flashing lights
There's a collision on the other side
But at least we are still trekking
Everyone is rubber-necking
While I'm concentrating on our own ride
A38
The final run
We might not be late
In reaching Birmingham
City centre
Big adventure
All we need to know
Is where we gotta go
Think I'm going insane
Every road looks the same
Cannot find the right lane
Here we go round again
We could keep this up all night
Circling about to the right
This one-way system goes round and round
And although it isn't dark
We can not find the car park
As we keep on covering the same ground.
Is "rubber-necking" a British expression? Any US readers don't "get it"? Please let me know!