Stranded Lyrics - Stan Ridgway

She was standin' near the railroad track when she first flagged me down 

I was drivin' outta town 

All alone 

Her face held every feelin' in but her eyes gave her away 

One look and you would say 

No way home 

Walkin' through an airport lounge 

Somewhere way off in spain 

Through a scratchy intercom it came 

Loud and clear... 

Chorus: 

You're worn and used and you can't talk 

Your flight has been postponed, now you must walk 

Straight up that hillccnow you must push your own rock 

The iceburg cut into the hull while the captain rang the bell 

How he went down, who could tell 

Cold as ice 

Beneath the waves the ocean liner sank into the sand 

You still could hear the band 

Auld lang syne 

Out in space their orbit then just started to decay 

She was burnin' up the atmosphere 

Burn away 

Chorus repeat