words and music by Louis Eliot

available on: 'Girl On A Train' Mini-LP

The Car That Took My Love Away

I drove the car
She'd made it plain
That I've run out of ways
To bring her back again
Her seat was back
No seatbelt on
And on the radio
Some too familiar song.

I thought if I could hurt her
Then she wouldn't leave
She'd need someone to nurse her
Someone could be me.

[CHORUS]
Together, hell for leather
Shooting up that midnight motorway
I drove the car that took my love away

I glimpsed her hair
Blown by the wind
And passing headlights dance
Across her perfect skin
I saw the road
Its curves ahead
Then I saw me with flowers
At her hospital bed

I saw the corner nearing
And looked to the sky
I let go of the steering wheel
And closed my eyes.

And though it never crossed my mind
She might not live to see the day
I drove the car that took my love away

[repeat chorus]

Louis Eliot 2000


1. Girl On A Train

2. Anything Could Happen

3. The Car That Took My Love Away

4. Anyone Out There?

5. Someone That She Used To Know

6. Russian Doll

gimmemusic 2000