Lonely Stretch Lyrics - The Triffids

I took a wrong turn off of an unmarked track 

I did seven miles I couldn't find my way back 

Hit a lonely stretch, must be losing my touch, 

I was out of my depth 

Land was so flat, could well have been ocean 

No distinguishing feature in any direction 

I took her down inch-by-inch to the floor 

And I pointed her nose through a crack in the door 

Fingering my sliver St Cristopher 

and saving my empty shells for her 

When night closed in up around my neck 

My high beam dug deep into the black 

And a shiver broke out up and down my back 

Yes a shiver broke out up and down my back 

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Well I could have been mistaken 

But I swear that I caught something in my headlights 

on that cold night, without another living thing in sight 

Without another living soul in sight 

I sing Sha Ia, sha Ia Ia 

I hit a lonely stretch 

Oh baby I was wrong I was wrong from the start 

You could die out here from a broken heart 

We were two wrongs we were married at birth 

And together make up one ugly flaming bird 

Heck I pumped it and then I moved up into third 

Could have sworn you were shining right there on the verge 

I never should have let you out of my sight 

I never should have let that precious spirit escape 

And I sing, to myself, I sing, to myself 

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I was wrong, wrong from the start 

You could die out here from a broken heart 

We were two wrongs, we were married at birth 

And together make up an ugly flaming bird 

Now my memorys shot I've got a bad technique 

Could be driving in circles till the end of the week 

But my vision is strong, and my vision is true 

Look out now! I'll be so good for you! 

Well ... 

Theres a spot on a map, its just a tiny dot 

That's where my sweetie lives, you know that means a lot 

I think of her sitting in the afternoon sun 

Sitting and drinking and having fun. 

I took a wrong turn, I took a wrong turn 

I hit a lonely stretch 

Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham 

Guide me back to the bosom of Abraham 

So high can't get over it, so low can't get under it, 

So wide can't get around it, I took a wrong turn, etc.