My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about.
He says it used to be a farm
Before the Motor Law.
And on Sundays I elude the Eyes,
And hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire
Where my white-haired uncle waits.
Jump to the ground
As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline.
Run like the wind
As excitement shivers up and down my spine.
Down in his barn
My uncle preserved for me an old machine
For fifty-odd years.
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream.
I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car:
A brilliant red Barchetta
From a better vanished time.
I fire up the willing engine
Responding with a roar.
Tires spitting gravel,
I commit my weekly crime.
Wind
In my hair
Shifting and drifting
Mechanical music
Adrenaline surge...
Well-weathered leather,
Hot metal and oil,
The scented country air.
Sunlight on chrome,
The blur of the landscape,
Every nerve aware.
Suddenly ahead of me
Across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air-car
Shoots towards me, two lanes wide.
I spin around with shrieking tires
To run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley
As another joins the chase.
Drive like the wind
Straining the limits of machine and man.
Laughing out loud with fear and hope
I've got a desperate plan.
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded at the riverside.
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle at the fireside.
Rush - Red Barchetta (04:15)
Rush - Red Barchetta
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@CuteePie83 Yup, the HiWatt was the signature sound for only a few years. I believe he recorded quite a bit of this album either direct or with Marshall's though. He was already getting away from HiWatt after Hemispheres, so it was short lived, but what a sound, what a growl. And, my take on Neil's POV has always been as that of an observation from the outside in - as far back as I can remember I thought of it merely as commentary on things going on around him by use of metaphorical imagery.
Autor: rafro007 - 5 months, 1 week ago
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@MIAMI1967, i think you got something there...how do we get it to the ceos?
Autor: MST3Kfanatic - 5 months, 1 week ago
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Allright Peaches, I was pointing out that both songs are about technology outstriping humanity, and how human rights disapear in the process. Comparing these two songs would be like comparing a Ferrari to a Pinto!
Get it?????
Autor: MIAMI1967 - 5 months, 1 week ago
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love this song, love rush, i used to have a red camaro that i named after this song