Mirrors On The Freeway

[Intro – electric piano motif] --- [Verse 1] You were leaning on the jukebox glow In a hotel bar outside Reno Talking futures like a late-night trade With a smile that looked professionally made The waitress knew your favourite drink Before you even had to think And the piano player watched the room Like he’d seen this ending coming soon --- [Pre-Chorus] Every promise comes with small print now Every saint needs somebody to sell somehow --- [Chorus] Mirrors on the freeway shine Like diamonds cut from borrowed time Everybody’s looking clean In the glow of the limousine Mirrors on the freeway line Reflecting every grand design But underneath the chrome and lights Something never sits quite right --- [Verse 2] There’s a broker with a summer tan Selling visions nobody understands He says the market’s gonna save us all Right before the whole thing starts to fall The girl beside him laughs too loud Like she’s rehearsing for the crowd Five voices drifting through the haze Singing harmonies in separate ways --- [Pre-Chorus] Every story gets revised by dawn Every truth keeps dressing up and moving on --- [Chorus] --- [Instrumental Break – Rhodes / guitar / harmony pads] --- [Bridge – more reflective] Late-night stations fading in and out Static wrapped around the doubt And somewhere underneath the sound There’s a man who knows he’s sinking down But the rhythm keeps the whole thing smooth Like a well-rehearsed excuse And the band just keeps on playing clean For the kings and broken in-between --- [Final Chorus – fuller harmonies] Mirrors on the freeway shine Like diamonds cut from borrowed time Everybody’s looking clean In the glow of the limousine Mirrors on the freeway line Reflecting every grand design But underneath the chrome and lights Something never sits quite right --- [Outro – soft fade] Mirrors on the freeway… Sliding through the night…