Keep the Car Running

Every night, my dream's the same

Same old city with a different name

Men are coming to take me away

I don't know why, but I know I can't stay

There's a weight that's pressing down

Late at night, you can hear the sound

Even the noise you make when you sleep

Can't swim across a river so deep

They know my name 'cause I told it to them

But they don't know where, and they don't know when

It's coming

When it's coming

There's a fear I keep so deep

Knew its name since before I could speak, yeah

They know my name 'cause I told it to them

But they don't know where, and they don't know when

It's coming

Oh, when, but it's coming

Keep the car running

If some night I don't come home

Please, don't think I've left you alone

The same place animals go when they die

You can't climb across a mountain so high

The same city where I go when I sleep

You can't swim across a river so deep

They know my name 'cause I told it to them

But they don't know where, and they don't know when

It's coming

Oh, when is it coming?

Keep the car running

Keep the car running

Keep the car running