Miles of Somewhere

[duet Male 50 desert grit lead Female 25 high breathy airy detached boring beautiful high]

Intro: wah parked hum amp buzz tires

Verse 1 - MALE
Two AM [pause] tank full [breath] taillights gone [gravel]
Just me [pause] and the dash [breath] and a slow burning song [dry rasp]
Phone off [pause] world off [breath] rearview black [pause]
Front window [pause] open desert [breath] and I ain't coming back

Verse 2 - MALE
Blazing [pause] slow burn [breath] music loud [inhale]
Bumping [pause] that low end [breath] through a sleepy town
Acting like a cartoon [pause] in the windshield light [breath] [laugh]
Hands on the wheel [pause] but my soul out the side

[Chorus 1 - MALE lead FEMALE high breathy behind]
MALE: Miles and miles [hold grit] and miles [pause] and miles [breath]
FEMALE high breathy bored: (miles and miles...) [breath] [high airy]
MALE: Endless dizzy road [pause] and nobody knows [breath]
FEMALE: (nobody knows...) [high whisper]
MALE: Deserts [pause] and the West Coast [breath] Riviera in my mind
FEMALE: (Riviera...) [high bored sigh]
MALE: Or anywhere [hold] as long as I'm alone tonight

Verse 3 - MALE
See the beautiful places [pause] flying by in blue [breath]
See the busy people [pause] going nowhere too [breath]
Going nowhere [pause] fast [breath] in a suit and tie [pause]
I'm going nowhere [pause] slow [breath] under desert sky

Verse 4 - MALE
Contemplating beauty [pause] like it never ends [breath]
Every cactus [pause] every coastline [breath] every broken bend [pause]
Endlessness of beauty [pause] and it don't cost a dime [breath]
Just a full tank [pause] and some time [breath] and some time

Chorus 2 - MALE loud FEMALE high answer
MALE: Miles and miles [hold grit] and miles [pause] and miles [breath] [loud]
FEMALE high: Miles and miles and miles and miles [breath] [high boring beautiful hold]
MALE: Turn the stereo up [pause] till the mirrors shake [breath]
FEMALE: (turn it up...) [breathy high]
MALE: Acting like a cartoon [pause] with a smoke ring halo [breath]
FEMALE: (cartoon...) [air giggle high]
MALE: Contemplating endless [pause] on the endless road

[Instrumental 16 bars wah fuzz solo - FEMALE chant only]
FEMALE high breathy bored detached over wah solo:
miles and miles [pause] and miles and miles [breath] [high bored hold]
and miles [pause] and miles [breath] and miles and miles [long high]
miles and miles [pause] and miles [breath] and miles [pause] and miles
(endless...) [breath] (endless road...) [high airy]

Bridge - MALE FEMALE hum
MALE: Coast to desert [pause] desert to the sea [breath]
FEMALE hum: mmm [high bored]
MALE: All that busy nowhere [pause] ain't got nothing on me [breath]
FEMALE: (nowhere...) [breathy]
MALE: I'm alone [pause] and I'm great [breath] with the windows down [pause]
FEMALE high: (windows down...) [high sigh]
MALE: Beauty everywhere [hold grit] and no one else around

[Chorus 3 double - BOTH - FEMALE high lead second half]
MALE: Miles and miles [hold grit] and miles [pause] and miles [breath]
FEMALE high: Miles and miles and miles and miles [breath] [high boring beautiful]
BOTH: Beautiful places [pause] and beautiful miles [breath]
FEMALE high lead: Always [pause] always [breath] turning up that stereo [hold high bored]
MALE: Always [hold] alone [pause] and good to go

FEMALE high breathy lead endless: Miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles [long high breathy hold] [bored beautiful]
MALE grit low behind: miles and miles [pause] endless [breath]
FEMALE high: contemplating beauty [high whisper] on the endless road [hold high airy]
MALE: (endless road...) [grit fade]

Outro FEMALE last
FEMALE high breathy: nowhere [pause] beautiful [breath] nowhere [high sigh] [click]
[wind tires wah parked hum stereo crackle amp hum out] [end]