COLOSSUS OF ROADS
As recorded by Hurray for the Riff Raff
(2024 release)



[Intro]
      


[Verse 1]

Hold my head l

ike a live wir

e,
     
Duck quick now

 I hear gunfir

e.

Caught somewhe

re in the spac

e between

Do you love me

 and do you lo

ve me?


[Verse 2]

Everything is 

advancing,

I love to see 

you out dancin

g.
        
There's women 

up in the moun

tains,
         
We could be up

 there if we c

ould get up th

ere.


[Verse 3]

Say goodbye to

 America,

I wanna see it

 dissolve.
            
I can be your 

              
poster boy for

     
 the great Ame

rican fall.


[Verse 4]

Now I'm out an

d I'm prowling

,
    
You make me wa

nna start grow

ling.
            
You will live 

              
forever as thi

  
s bombshell
            
In my mind.

    


[Verse 5]

I know that it

's dangerous,
    
But I wanna se

e you undress.

Wrap you up in

 the bomb shel

ter
   
Of my feather 

bed.


[Verse 6]

Eileen, I must

 be living twi

ce.

Colossus of ro

ads, Buz blur 

in the night.

Cowboy hat and

 a cigarette,

Grease marker 

in my leather 

vest.


[Verse 7]

Let's go paint

 the oil cans,

Write our name

s on a grain o

f sand.

No one will re

member us,

Like I will re

member us.


[Verse 8]

Meet me down i

n the Castro,
      
We'll pretend 

it's 1985.
  
Before we were

 a twinkle,
             
In our great g


randfather's e

yes.


[Outro]

 Children fore

ver!

 In the end

 Of the night,

 baby
       
Of the night.

In the night, 

baby
             
In the night.