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The sun in my eyes, cold wind in my hair |
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With a sign that just said "please" |
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Watching couples in sports cars go racing
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And families in S.U.V.s |
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I was a Hitchhiker on
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Until you cruised by in your four-wheel-drive |
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Found me standing by the road |
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You saw me and stopped, we talked for
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I jumped in and said "Let's go" |
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Pedal to the metal, no looking back |
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Doing 90 down a one-way road |
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Eyes on each other, blind to the signs |
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Seems like I never learn |
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No flashing lights. No siren song. |
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Not long till we crashed and burned |
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Now I'm a Hitchhiker
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Didn't know how far we'd go |
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When you cruised by in your four-wheel-drive |
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Found me standing by the road |
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Oh, you cruised by in your four-wheel-drive |
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Left me standing by the road |
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Sandy met John Stewart in Sept. 2006,
and told him that she stole a line from
him for a song she'd just written.
With a twinkle in his eye, he smiled
and patted her shoulder, then said,
"You better have a good lawyer."
She said, "I didn't take the line
from one of your songs. I took it from
your introduction to 'July, You're a
Woman.' It was on a live concert recording."
He said, "Well, then, that's
okay. Tell me about the song."
She said, "It's called "Hitchhiker,'
and starts 'Sun in my eyes, cold wind
in my hair / With a sign that just said
please.'
He interrupted and said, "That's
a great line. That's a wonderful line!
This is a great song because it has
such a great line in it!"
She said, 'Yes, I know. I stole it
from you.'"
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- Hitchhiker was featured
in concert at the Coconino Arts Center
in Flagstaff, Jan. 10, and in concert
at the Tempe Center for the Arts, Jan
11, during the Rocky Mountain Jewgrass
2009 CD-release Arizona tour.
- Hitchhiker was performed
Nov. 1, 2008, at a CD recording concert
by Rocky Mountain
Jewgrass at Swallow Hill Music Association.
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"I was hanging out at the car
dealership, in 2001, watching them rearrange
the 4-wheel-drives in the showroom.
I came out of there with the chorus.
From time to time I worked on it, but
couldn't come up with verses. In summer,
2005, I sang the chorus to a couple
of band mates who both offered to write
the verses. In spring, 2006, a third
band mate said, 'Just write the verses
yourself!' so, I did." —
San
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