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Slow Night in My Cab

from You're Home Now by Richard Berman

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1. Cold night in Ann Arbor, slow night in my cab
I’m idling here on Main Street, cup of coffee warms my hands
Nixon’s in the White House, dreams are hard to hold
I’m waiting for the dispatcher to tell me where to go

Chorus:
Looking through my windshield
There aren’t many folks out there on the street
The bars are still open, some guy’s gonna need
Me to drive, it’s just a matter of time

2. I’m thinking ‘bout a poster, white dove on a guitar neck
“Three Days of Peace and Music” that’s how the poster read
It’s been two years since Woodstock, I did not feel the pull
I wish the chance would come again, I think it never will

Chorus:
Giving rides to strangers
I like driving cab, but I loved hitching rides
The stories I heard as the country rolled by
Now folks don’t stop as much, there’s a lot more mistrust

3. Hannah’s a good woman who doesn’t know her worth
We got to spend some time today before I came to work
We’re friends again, that’s where we should have stayed
I’m a bad risk as a lover, I’m the one who pulls away
Instrumental

4. The night they held the lottery for the draft a year ago
James and I sat listening beside a radio
I was spared hard choices, that wasn’t true for James
He’s now up in Canada, his life forever changed

Chorus:
Cab 29, do you read me?
That’s the dispatcher’s voice breaking into my thoughts
So many times I find myself lost
In the past, ‘til he’s called me back
There aren’t many folks out there on the street
The bars are now closing and some guy needs
Me to drive, was just a matter of time

credits

from You're Home Now, released November 7, 2014
Vocals - Richard, Max Cohen
Guitar - Max
Accordion - Chris Haynes
Cello - Marcie Brown
Fiddle - Donna Hebert
Fretless five string bass - Mike Lindauer

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