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Sitting Targets Lyrics by Peter Hammill

The Storm (Before the Calm)

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[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
We can talk about it in the car;
We can talk about it with the drive
Keep your eyes on the road up ahead
Don't forget what we said about staying alive
If we'd been stuck just a few hours more
I'd have cracked up, I'd say
No, you never can tell when it's coming;
It's so hard getting out of the way;
To be sitting targets is surely
No better than running away...

[Chorus]
Sitting targets in the car
I'll be thinking about it –
Not so far to, not so far to
Not so far to drive
Not so far to drive

[Verse 2]
Ooh, this time we made our getaway
We'd been stalling for too long
Keep your eyes on the road up ahead (Oh yeah)
While I try to forget what's been going wrong
What's been going on...
Oh, you'd better check up on the CB (Oh, you'd better check up on the CB)
See what Tail-End Charlie say:
"Oh you never can tell how it's going
No, you never can see how it's been
But to stay sitting targets is surely
No better than living a dream"

[Chorus]
Sitting targets in the car
I've been thinking it over
It's not so far to, not so far to
Not so far to drive
In the car...

[Break]
[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
We can talk about it in the car
Surely we can talk about it some other time
Oh, keep your eyes on the road up ahead –
I don't seem to be able to use mine
And I'm losing control of my body
And I'm running scared...
Oh, we're left with a black-and-white movie
A positional state of affairs
An obsessional interest in moving
Just to prove that we're there

[Chorus]
Sitting targets in the car
I'll be thinking about it, not so far to drive
Sitting targets in the car
I've been thinking it over
It's not so far, not so far
Not too far to drive
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Peter Hammill

Peter Hammill

About “Sitting Targets” by Peter Hammill

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"Sitting Targets" is credited to Peter Hammill. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Sitting Targets" appears on "The Storm (Before the Calm)".

Visit the Peter Hammill artist page at /artist/peter-hammill for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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