Let me tell you a story of a man who tried
To go 180 miles with just his thumb for a ride
It was a labour of love he later told the policeman
A pilgrimage if you like I was looking for the sun
180 miles just to look at the sun
It’s a long and lonely road when you’re on the run
180 miles just to bury the gun
It’s a dark and lonely thought when you think what you’ve done
When you think, when you think what you’ve done
I gotta go back to the start if I wanna tell it right
It was the 1st of July in the middle of the night
He was worshipping the sun after it had set in the west
And he heard it speak his name, tell him he would face a test
180 miles just to look at the sun
It’s a long and lonely road when you’re on the run
180 miles just to bury the gun
It’s a dark and lonely thought when you think what you’ve done
Oh when you think, oh when you think what you’ve done
180 miles just to look at the sun
It’s a long and lonely road when you’re on the run
180 miles just to bury the gun
It’s a dark and lonely thought when you think what you’ve done
When you think, oh when you think what you’ve done
And the test that he would face would be to find his closest friend
And to sit him in a chair and say his time had come to the end
And to shoot him in the eye, turn around and never look back
And to leave the car behind and find this dusty desert track
180 miles just to look at the sun
It’s a long and lonely road when you’re on the run
180 miles just to bury the gun
It’s a dark and lonely thought when you think what you’ve done
Oh when you think, oh when you think what you’ve done
credits
from Number Theory,
released February 12, 2012
Music & lyrics by Simon Pollack
Arranged and produced by Simon Pollack
Recorded at Chestnut Studio, UK
Vocals: Simon Pollack
Piano, bass, lead and rhythm guitars: Simon Pollack
Slide guitar: Dean Powell
Drums: Jes Kerr
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