Lyrics Sitting Targets - Peter Hammill

Sitting Targets

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…
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
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…
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.»
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…
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
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