Flat - Pere Ubu

In the early part of the 20th Century,

deep inside the American wilderness,

in the state of Kansas — 82, 000 square miles of flat —

there were two automobile cars.

On July 5th 1904 they ran into each other.

Hey-ho, what do we know?!

I thought I heard STOP but I mighta said GO.

Some reason I thought about you and me.

I remember the day as if my life was flat.

I looked up and there you were.

I said to myself, Look out honey, here I come!

Hey-ho, what do we know?!

I thought I heard STOP but I mighta said GO.

Flat is all that I see.

Flat is all that I see.

The train came back.

It swallowed up the track.

Now flat is all that I see.

Flat is all that I see.

What do we know?!

I thought I heard STOP but I mighta said GO.

In the days you been gone I thought about them two cars.

Weather conditions had been reasonable, visibility fine.

I said to myself, What was it?

An idea whose time had come?

Or maybe it had, it had just seemed like a good idea at the time?

Hey-ho, what do we know?!

I thought I heard STOP but I mighta said GO.

Hey-ho, what do we know?!

I thought I heard STOP but I mighta said GO.