Restless Highway

We drove from San Sebastian to Frankfurt on the Main Watched winter turn to springtime and the snow turn into rain In the darkness of the motorway we lost our silhouettes But we knew that we were still alive by the tips of our cigarettes Monday was a carnival, flags yellow, red and blue The bands were playing salsa as they burned the big statues Fireworks in the orange grove, red dust upon my throat Pretty girls in pony tails selling smack and crack and coke Wheels are turning on a restless highway Everybody's looking for a rendezvous Chasing the horizon on a restless highway Further and further from you Further and further from you The northern towns of England look like Flanders in the mud Boxing rings, bookies, Chinese takeaways and blood The neon lights are glowing like a furnace in the sky I'm traveling on the highway thinking of lust and suicide Tuesday was a party with the barman's lonely daughter Love is meant for strangers. It's a bargain not a slaughter It's playing cards with con men in the corner of a shebeen Or a little touch of dying in the arms of Josephine Wheels are turning on a restless highway Everybody's looking for a rendezvous Chasing the horizon on a restless highway Further and further from you Further and further from you We passed a shanty village on a Spanish mountainside There was washing in the windows and horses running wild We bought beer and Coca-Cola, sex in magazines Told ourselves that village was a desolate place to be Wednesday was a border. Thursday was a stage Friday was a close shave with a golden razor blade On Saturday we found ourselves with the Earth's crust burning bright Sunday was the seventh red city of the night Wheels are turning on a restless highway Everybody's looking for a rendezvous Chasing the horizon on a restless highway Further and further from you Further and further from you Wheels are turning on a restless highway Everybody's looking for a rendezvous Chasing the horizon on a restless highway Further and further from you Further and further from you