Silver Wheels

Lyrics

[Verse 1] High speed drift on a prairie road Hot tires sing like a string being bowed Sudden town rears up then explodes Fragments resolve into white line code [Refrain] Whirl on silver wheels [Verse 2] Black earth energy receptor fields Undulate under a grey cloud shield We outrun a river colour brick red mud That cleaves apart hills soil rich as blood [Refrain] Whirl on silver wheels [Verse 3] Highway squeeze in construction steam Stop caution hard hat yellow insect machines Silver steel towers stalk rolling land Toward distant stacks that shout "Feed on demand" [Refrain] Whirl on silver wheels Whirl on silver wheels [Verse 4] A hundred miles later the sky has changed Urban anticipation—we get four lanes Red orange furnace sphere notches down Throws up silhouette skyline in brown [Refrain] Whirl on silver wheels [Verse 5] Sundogs flare on windshield glass Sudden swoop skyward iron horse overpass Pass a man walking like the man in the moon Walking like his head's full of Irish fiddle tunes [Refrain] Whirl on silver wheels [Verse 6] The skin around every city looks the same Miles of flat neon spelling well-known names USED TRUCKS — DIRTY DONUTS — YOU YOU'RE THE ONE Fat wheeled cars squeal into the sun [Refrain] Whirl on silver wheels [Verse 7] Radio speakers gargle top forty trash Muzak soundtrack to slow collapse Planet engines pulsate in sidereal time If you listen close you can hear the whine [Refrain] Whirl on silver wheels Whirl on silver wheels