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Background Traffic

from Just Drive by Martha Bourne with Nash Satterfield

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lyrics

I know you're laughing about nothing specific
Just cruising along at highway speed
Past the Cotton Belt, past the Union Pacific
In the train track rain, in the background traffic

The radio's on and you sing along with it
The sun sets low and you watch it bleed
You can't stare straight at it so you just look straight past it
In the passing lane, in the background traffic

New town up ahead, who knows what's in it
The back road signs tell where they lead
You keep scanning the road for that lost exotic
In the rearview mirror, in the background traffic

Memory's code you just can't crack it
Some call it fiction and a pretty good read
You circle the map like you plan to attack it
Sweet speeding time in the background

I know you're crying about nothing specific
The ashtray's filled with college-town weed
But that voice comes in loud and clear through the static
And you swerve to avoid it in the background traffic

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from Just Drive, released May 1, 1999
© Martha V Bourne and Kathleen Reddy ASCAP 1999
℗ You Henry Publishing ASCAP 1999

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Martha Bourne Boston, Massachusetts

singer/songwriter and film composer.
my work has aired on major networks and cable channels (CBS, NBC, ABC, HBO, Discovery, History Channel, WE Network, WGBH).

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