The Taxi Ride Lyrics - Jane Siberry

It's clear to me now 

I understand 

A jump of cards in 

An idle man's hand 

Oh, oh, you're sleeping 

This is the story of your 

Leaving 

I can win you with reason 

I can make you agree 

The way that I love you 

It only makes sense that you love me 

But down through the sad facts I'm sifting 

You did not think this a without help from me 

I've called a taxi 

It's coming at dawn 

I said, Send the best one 

It's a long, long, lonely ride 

To find the perfect lover for your lover 

And the morning light's just breaking 

I thought I heard someone screaming outside 

But it was only a bus pulling away 

Love is a strange thing 

It depends what one gives 

And sometimes to give means 

Give someone away 

Oh, oh, you're sleeping 

The same sad pillow 

Said you're a leaving 

I move with your breathing 

I breathe with your beauty 

Your sweet heaviness 

Your deep voice, your soft neck 

I press my face, did you call me? 

It's only the trees outside flailing 

It's only the sirens that are wailing 

Hurry up driver 

You're going too slow 

Can't you go faster? 

It's a long, long, lonely ride 

To find the perfect lover for your lover 

And the morning light's just breaking