The Distance - Cake

[00:00.000] 作词 : Greg Brown
[00:00.227] 作曲 : Greg Brown
[00:00.455]Reluctantly crouched at the starting line
[00:03.508]Engines pumping and thumping in time
[00:06.105]The green light flashes, the flags go up
[00:08.882]Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup
[00:11.363]They deftly maneuver and muscle for rank
[00:14.134]Fuel burning fast on an empty tank
[00:16.756]Reckless and wild, they pour through the turns
[00:19.419]Their prowess is potent and secretly stern
[00:22.041]As they speed through the finish, the flags go down
[00:24.553]The fans get up and they get out of town
[00:27.295]The arena is empty except for one man
[00:29.861]Still driving and striving as fast as he can
[00:32.468]The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
[00:35.292]And long ago somebody left with the cup
[00:37.694]But he's driving and striving and hugging the turns
[00:40.383]And thinking of someone for whom he still burns
[00:45.107]He's going the distance, he's going for speed
[00:50.104]She's all alone, all alone in her time of need
[00:55.408]Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course
[00:58.712]He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse
[01:01.983]He's going the distance
[01:17.358]No trophy, no flowers, no flashbulbs, no wine
[01:19.643]He's haunted by something he cannot define
[01:22.509]Bowel-shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse
[01:25.122]Assail him, impale him with monster-truck force
[01:27.706]In his mind, he's still driving, still making the grade
[01:30.201]She's hoping in time that her memories will fade
[01:32.820]'Cause he's racing and pacing and plotting the course
[01:35.604]He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse
[01:38.249]The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
[01:40.899]And long ago somebody left with the cup
[01:43.360]But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns
[01:46.003]And thinking of someone for whom he still burns
[01:50.628]'Cause he's going the distance, he's going for speed
[01:55.811]She's all alone, all alone in her time of need
[02:01.410]Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course
[02:04.471]He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse
[02:07.107]He's racing and pacing and plotting the course
[02:09.793]He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse
[02:13.058]He's going the distance, he's going for speed
[02:18.253]He's going the distance