Taxi Ride - Jane Siberry

It’s clear to me now

I understand

A jump of cards in

An idle man’s hand

Oh, oh, you’re sleeping

This is the story of your

Leaving

I can win you with reason

I can make you agree

The way that I love you

It only makes sense that you love me

But down through the sad facts I’m sifting

You did not think this a without help from me

I’ve called a taxi

It’s coming at dawn

I said, ‽Send the best oneâ€

It’s a long, long, lonely ride

To find the perfect lover for your lover

And the morning light’s just breaking

I thought I heard someone screaming outside

But it was only a bus pulling away

Love is a strange thing

It depends what one gives

And sometimes to give means

Give someone away

Oh, oh, you’re sleeping

The same sad pillow

Said you’re a leaving

I move with your breathing

I breathe with your beauty

Your sweet heaviness

Your deep voice, your soft neck

I press my face, did you call me?

It’s only the trees outside flailing

It’s only the sirens that are wailing

Hurry up driver

You’re going too slow

Can’t you go faster?

It’s a long, long, lonely ride

To find the perfect lover for your lover

And the morning light’s just breaking