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Wide Eyes – 8​:​27pm, June 12, 2001

from Scott Free​.​.​. Red Handed by Nolto & Factor

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Wide Eyes – 8:27pm, June 12, 2001

“How could I let my best friend be a cassette?”
He’s been up and down the country, east to west and every which way
But, at this rate, it’s obvious he’ll be a bit late
Though, you can’t tell it from the display on his face
The road is long, but this trucker’s not dismayed
‘cause he’s cueing side “a” on his mixtape
the one where he can sing along without making a mistake
Just wait, this first song is insane
He rewinds… and hits play
It reminds him of his first wife, at first sight, love can come as a surprise
When her eyes met his, the chorus came alive, to aid in their fates’ collide.

There she was. Light hair and bright wide eyes.
There she was. Right there. To my surprise.

Second verse: it’s amazing to hear.
It carries him away. It’s like he ain’t even here.
Invited his auto-pilot to brazenly steer
In and out of dotted lines and veer away from the deer
Let me make this clear: he thinks trucking is a lame career
But then he drowns his pain in beer
His favourite years have all come and gone
A time machine, when he hears some of these songs
They call it a single, but it’s one he keeps revisiting
This ain’t hard work, to him, it’s easy listening.
3 minutes and 22 seconds just won’t do
Back to the start to give it one more go through

Singing along while rewinding the song
When suddenly he glanced up… and saw…

There she was. Light hair and bright wide eyes.
There she was. Right there. To my surprise.

He only took his eyes off of the pavement for a second
Later on, he’d wonder if he could have paid it more attention
Could have escaped the horrid lesson, where he learned what it’s like
Taking a beautiful young woman’s life
At first he was angry at god for not having alerted her
Then angry that god never thought to rearrange fate’s furniture
To an alternative universe, where he wasn’t a murderer
And could listen to his favourite song and not have it refer to her

There she was. Light hair and bright wide eyes.
There she was. Right there. To my surprise.

Now he can’t get the song or her face out of his mind
He’s out of his mind, wishing he could rewind
Go back to when he was about to rewind
To the time, where no doubt he felt fine
To shout to himself “look out! Look out, or she’ll die”
No, better yet, he wishes she had killed him
Without having to live with the guilt that that has built in
For every reason to live, and believe me there’s a million
Her face cries otherwise, the face of god’s children
So he decided to let go of control
Let go of his soul, and yet no one will know
Because when they discover him they’ll say it was an accident
He must have fallen asleep. If only he’d have blasted that cassette!

There she was. Light hair and bright wide eyes.
There she was. Right there. To my surprise.

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from Scott Free​.​.​. Red Handed, released November 14, 2014

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