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Red Flashing Lights

from Windows by Steve and Kristi Nebel

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Red Flashing Lights


Chorus:
We used to race, see how fast we could go;
See how close to the edge we could get.
Drive the wrong way on the freeway just to see the red lights flash,
Not hoping, still not caring if we’d crash.
I’m still tearing up a freeway – guess I missed my exit sign,
To me it doesn’t seem it’s been that long a time.

It was 3 in the morning on the ninth floor of a building
In a night filled up with wine and LSD,
Talkin’ to the gods – holding communion with the night;
I hardly ever since that night have felt that free.
Do you remember what I told you
About the spirits in the night?
How they would talk to you if only you would listen.
The dreams we tried to put to flight dissipated with the night.
I’d be talkin’ - then I’d realize that you weren’t listenin’.

Chorus: (Last line) I'm still stumblin' down a runway, just hopin' that she'll fly

We drove one hundred miles an hour racing with a drunken stranger,
Laughin’ about how wasted he was drivin’.
We were flyin' in the corners, nearly lost it at that speed.
I hardly ever since that night have felt so free.
I wonder where that stranger went after we lost him in the night
That the spirits cried too loud for us to listen.
I’d be talkin’ about the ride – and how the wind felt in my hair;
I’d be talkin’ in the night 'cause you weren’t listenin’.

Chorus: (Last line) I'm still tumblin' down a spillway with the stars stuck in my eyes.

It was somewhere near Gakona – I guess it’s been ten years or so,
I was at least 2000 feet above the valley.
It was a long Alaskan night - one where the sun just won’t go down,
Well, you know I’ve always had a yen for freedom.
There was something about the river -
And the way it makes you talk above it,
There were the guns and just the slightest smell of danger.
I thought about those dreams dissipated with the night,
How I’d be talkin’ to the night ‘cause you weren’t listening.

Chorus: I'm still stumblin' down a runway just hopin' that she'll fly.
I'm still tearing up a freeway, guess I missed my exit sign.

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from Windows, released March 11, 2020
Steve Nebel - lead vocal, guitar
Kristi Nebel - backup vocal, bass guitar
Orville Johnson - dobro
Denali Williams - drums

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Steve and Kristi Nebel Tacoma, Washington

Steve and Kristi Nebel bring passion, finesse, and beauty with their songs of social justice, knife edge observations, and pure, simple love. They have traveled extensively having done nine tours in UK folk clubs and festivals. They have recorded more than ten CDs, mostly of their own songs. ... more

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