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Getaway Van

from It's Not What You Think by Chris Velan

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Getaway Van
(words & music by Chris Velan)
© 2001 Chris Velan

Elevator goes up,
And I go with it one more time and forget,
Elevator goes down,
And throws me out on this new town and says not yet,

Years ago, we bought a van and drove long miles in it,
You should know, I still carry around that van in my pocket,

Blue as the ocean,
It shined like gold

Chorus
When it runs you down, shakes you down,
Like it can,
There will come a day, getaway in a van,
I’ve been doing time thinking I’m,
Not the man,
There will come a day, getaway in a van

And the dashboard sang,
About highways, love and life without regret,
But it didn’t mean much,
We were still too young to know what it meant to lose yet,
And I know my name,
Is the same it was when we had time to spare,
It’s a fool who thinks,
That the land of milk and honey is, a place out there,

What’s in the rearview,
We left behind,

Chorus

Bridge
Burn up the atmosphere, you carburator heart,
Don’t have to know to steer, just know a rolling start

Chorus
X2

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from It's Not What You Think, released November 25, 2003

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Chris Velan Montréal, Québec

Montreal singer-songwriter and producer, Chris Velan, has always been crossing borders with his brand of world music- influenced, singer-songwriter pop. Drawing comparisons to the smart, genre-mixing writing of Neil Finn, Nick Lowe and Paul Simon, Velan's
latest album, “Amateur Hour”, will be released September 14th with touring to follow. ... more

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