It was rainin' hard
in Frisco
I needed one more fare
to make my night
A lady up ahead
waved to flag me down
She got in at the light
Oh, where ya goin'
to my lady blue
It's a shame you ruined
your gown in the rain
She just looked
out the window
She said
Sixteen Parkside Lane
Somethin' about
her was familiar
I could swear
I've seen her face before
But she said
I'm sure you're mistaken
And she didn't say
anything more
It took a while
but she looked in the mirror
Then she glanced
at the license for my name
A smile seemed
to come to her slowly
It was a sad smile
just the same
And she said
How are ya Harry
I said, how are ya Sue
Through the too many miles
And the too little smiles
I still... remember you
It was somewhere
in a fairy tale
I used to take
her home in my car
We learned about love
in the back of a Dodge
The lesson
hadn't drowned too far
Ya see she was
gonna be an actress
And I was
gonna learn to fly
She took off
to find the footlights
I took off to find the sky
Whoa, I've got
somethin' inside me
To drive a princess blind
There's a wild man
where's he at
He hidin' in me
illuminating my mind
Oh, I've got
somethin' inside me
Not what my life's about
Cause I've been
livin' my outside timely
Over till my time draws out
There was
not much more
for us to talk about
Whatever we had
once was gone
So I turned my cab
into the driveway
Past the gate
and the fine trimmed lawns
And she said
We must get together
But I knew it'd
never be arranged
Then she hands me
twenty dollars
for a two fifty fare
She said
Harry keep the change
Well another man
might have been angry
And another man
might have been hurt
But another man
never would've let her go
I stashed the bill
in my shirt
And she walked
away in silence
It's strange
how you never know
But we'd both gotten
what wed asked for
Such a long...
long time ago
Ya see she was
gonna be an actress
And I was
gonna learn to fly
She took off
to find the footlights
I took off for the sky
And here she is actin' happy
Inside her handsome home
And me I'm flyin' in my taxi
Takin' tips
and gettin' stoned
I go flyin'... so high...
when I'm stoned...
