City Of Motors Lyrics - Ruby Vroom - Soul Coughing

Three times dark, first in the mind 

Second on Java Street, the dead car there 

The hood blown out with a BB gun 

Manuela said she saw the brakes fail 

Manuela said she saw the brakes fail 

An empty body but it still bled 

Oil from the axle and it left a trail 

Ran down Java Street and formed a pool 

Manuela saw the moon in there 

Manuela saw the moon in there 

And I hear a rumbling 

I hear transmission grind 

I bear witness 

I have the clutch now 

Three times dark, third on the rooftops 

Man jumps between and grabs the rail 

Man tries the door but the door is locked 

Man gouge the hinge and goes down the stairs 

Man gouge the hinge and goes down the stairs 

Dull bright morning and the tools are gone 

Detectives with flashlights in the elevator shaft 

Manuela tells detectives she saw him there 

Stuck in the hinge is a sliver of a fingernail 

Stuck in the hinge is a sliver of a fingernail 

And I hear a rumbling 

I hear transmission grind 

I bear witness 

I have the clutch now 

Three times dark, on the turnpike 

From the Motor City to the City of Dis 

They traced his travel by his credit card 

No sleep, smokes and he is nauseous 

No sleep, smokes and he is nauseous 

Flips an ash like a wild, loose comma 

Ash hits the oil around the pump 

Travels to the pump and the pump explodes 

Witness said he saw the car jump 

Witness said he saw the car jump 

And I hear a rumbling 

I hear transmission grind 

I bear witness 

I have the clutch now 

And I hear a rumbling 

I hear transmission grind 

I bear witness 

I have the clutch now, now 

Now, now, now, now, now