I first saw Patty at the Town Hall in NYC around 2004, just after "Impossible Dream" came out. As the show let out onto 43rd Street I couldn't help but notice what was waiting nearby on the street, a long black limousine (maybe even the shiniest car I'd ever seen.)
Bought her live CD in a thrift shop years ago having no idea who she was and this song opens it and I was instantly a fan and could only wonder why she wasn't a bigger star...
She's just too god for the music business. If McDonalds started selling food from Michelin star chefs at his drive thru, nobody would ever buy shit burgers they make money on.
Long black limousine Shiniest car I've ever seen The back seat is nice and clean She rides as quiet as a dream Someone dug a hole six long feet in the ground I said goodbye to you and I threw my roses down Ain't nothing left at all in the end of being proud With me riding in this car and you flying through them clouds I've had some time to think about it And watch the sun sink like a stone I've had some time to think about you On the long ride home One day I took your tiny hand Put your finger in the wedding band Your daddy gave a piece of land We made ourselves the best of plans Forty years go by with someone laying in your bed Forty years of things you say you wish you'd never said How hard would it have been to say some kinder words instead? I wonder as I stare up at the sky turning red I've had some time to think about it And watch the sun sink like a stone I've had some time to think about you On the long ride home
