Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman/The Modern Lovers.mp3

[00:00.000]One, two, three, four, five, six
[00:04.650]Roadrunner, roadrunner
[00:08.190]Goin' faster miles an hour
[00:11.822]Gonna drive past the Stop & Shop
[00:15.340]With the radio on
[00:18.878]I'm in love with the modern world
[00:22.312]Massachusetts when it's late at night
[00:25.854]And the neon, when it's cold outside
[00:29.159]I got the radio on
[00:31.888]Just like the Road Runner
[00:34.108]Goin' around the highway
[00:36.592]I walked by the Stop & Shop
[00:43.278]Then I drove by the Stop & Shop
[00:46.633]I liked that much better than walking by the Stop & Shop
[00:50.014]'Cause I had the radio on
[00:53.572]I felt in touch with the modern world
[00:56.649]I felt in love with the modern world
[01:00.066]I felt in love with Mattapan and Roslindale
[01:04.019]'Cause I had the radio on
[01:06.736]I felt like the Road Runner
[01:09.872]With the radio on
[01:13.811]Now I said hello to the spirit of ol' 1956
[01:17.638]It was patient, in the bushes, next to '57
[01:20.873]Well, the highway was my only girlfriend, 'cause I went by so quick
[01:24.138]And suburban trees were out there, and consequently, it smelled like heaven
[01:26.818]So I say roadrunner once,
[01:30.084]roadrunner twice
[01:32.097]We're in love with this feelin' now, and we'll be out all night
[01:35.515]Alright, now we can tell them about our love, you men (radio on)
[01:39.765]I got the a.m. (radio on)
[01:42.654]I got the power, I feel the feelin' now (radio on)
[01:45.979]I feel the feelin' and it's feelin' alright, now (radio on)
[01:49.607]And I feel in touch with the modern world (radio on)
[01:52.610]Okay, let's go, now, Route 128 (radio on)
[02:14.160]Oh, yeah
[02:17.587]Can you feel it out in Needham, now?
[02:20.900]Out in Route 128, by the power lines
[02:24.769]It's so exciting there, at night
[02:27.740]With the pine trees in the dark
[02:31.273]It's so cold, here, in the dark
[02:34.495]With 50,000 watts of power
[02:38.020]We go by faster miles an hour
[02:41.575]With the radio on
[02:45.031]Roadrunner, roadrunner (radio on)
[02:48.668]Goin' faster miles an hour
[02:52.046]I'm gonna drive by the Stop & Shop
[02:55.465]With the radio on
[02:58.863]See, I'm in love with the modern world
[03:02.330]Massachusetts when it's late at night
[03:05.888]And the neon, when it's cold outside
[03:09.379]You see I have the radio on
[03:11.954]Like the Road Runner
[03:13.228]Now what do you think about that, you guys? (Radio on)
[03:16.436]Good! We got the a.m. (radio on)
[03:19.517]I think we got the power, got the magic now (radio on)
[03:23.010]We got the feelin' of the modern world (radio on)
[03:26.432]We got the feelin' of the modern sound (radio on)
[03:29.613]The sound of the modern radio feelin' when it's late at night (radio on)
[03:33.481]Got the sound of the modern loneliness when it's cold outside (radio on)
[03:36.728]Got the sound of Massachusetts when it's blue and white (radio on)
[03:40.237]The sound on Route 128 on the dark and lonely (radio on)
[03:43.560]I feel alone in the cold and lonely (radio on)
[03:46.092]I feel a-, I feel alone in the cold neon (radio on)
[03:49.522]I feel alive, I feel the love, I feel alive, I feel a rockin' modern love (radio on)
[03:53.667]I feel a rockin' modern life
[03:54.813]I feel a rockin' modern neon modern sound
[03:57.748]modern Boston town (radio on)
[03:59.806]A modern sound, modern neon, modern miles around (radio on)
[04:03.249]I say roadrunner once, I say roadrunner twice,
[04:05.877]say roadrunner all look very nice (radio on)
[04:07.746]Roadrunner gonna go home now, yes (radio on)
[04:09.828]Roadrunner go home, oh yes
[04:11.796]Roadrunner go home, here we go now
[04:15.743]We're gonna drive him home, you guys
[04:30.408]Here we go
[04:32.311]That's right
[04:33.655]Again
[04:35.623]Bye-bye
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