Spell Of Wheels

Kansas City as the first snow of the year begins to fall
she's at a Westport party drunk and leaning against the wall
Skip and Wolf come stomping in someone has a plan
Faceboy goes to fetch his clothes I go to lend a hand
we leave KC at midnight heading north on the interstate
snow is falling hard and fast we're glad to get away
five kids in a beat up car kickin' up their heels and
heading out into the dark beneath the spell of wheels
beneath the spell of wheels 
across the land this car will roll
past places we'll never know
flashing lights and highway signs
mark the miles and keep the time
beneath the spell of wheels
beneath the spell of wheels

it's an empty stretch of pitch black road and we're feeling quite upset
the snow is falling harder now we're scared as we can get
'cause the black car that's been chasing us has rolled its window down
and when I see the shotgun there I know we're graveyard bound
high above us in the light
a thousand faces sleep in flight
down here the road turns like a screw
I'm on my way back home to you
beneath the spell of wheels
beneath the spell of wheels

now we're sinkin' low as we can go and waitin' for the blast
Skippie jams down on the brakes that demon car blows past
we pull off on the roadside everybody pulls their knives
the black car keeps on goin' and I guess so do our lives
we get to Minnesota spend the winter in monochrome
fall in with small time criminals just like the ones at home
watchin' through the windows for what the night reveals
and waitin' for the spring to come beneath the spell of wheels
beneath the spell of wheels

© 1997 Peter Case and Joshua Case BUG
Music (BMI)

©2000 Vanguard Records