40,000 Miles

Terror twilight a fire beside the ocean

Watch the waves come crashing down

All in slow motion

And I could tell you but you already know it's true

Your heart is mine but every time I try to get to you I lose

I just get the blues

Lying on our backs on the tracks

Watching the vultures fly above

Round in circles waiting for something down here to die enough

I can see the ending

Now I'm beginning to wonder

If lightning can strike the same man twice

Then why is all I hear the thunder

On down the line

About forty thousand miles

To the west

Could it change your mind

Saw the sunset in your eyes

Before you left

And it won't burn out

Won't slow down until this hummingbird takes a rest

Hold your breath babe

Hold your fire for a day

I couldn't say it now it's playing on your radio waves

It's hard to begin again

When all you wanna do is watch it spin

If lightning can strike the same man twice

Why can't I make you want me again

I tried

Bout forty thousand times

I'd guess

Did it change your mind

Did the sun behind the hills

Do it best

And it won't burn out

Won't slow down until this hummingbird takes a rest