MEAT LOAF - Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer lyrics

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Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are<br><br><br>The skies were pure and the fields were green<br>And the sun was brighter than it's ever been<br>When I grew up with my best friend kenny<br>We were close as any brothers than you ever knew<br>It was always summer and the future called<br>We were ready for adventures and we wanted them all<br>And there was so much left to dream and so much time to make it real<br><br>But I can still recall the sting of all the tears when he was gone<br>They said he crashed and burned<br>I know I'll never learn why any boy should die so young<br>We were racing, we were soldiers of fortune<br>We got in trouble but we sure got around<br>There are times I think I see him peeling out of the dark<br>I think he's right behind me now and he's gaining ground<br><br><br>But it was long ago and it was far away, oh God it seems so very far<br>And if life is just a highway, then the soul is just a car<br>And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are<br>And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are<br><br>And when the sun descended and the night arose<br>I heard my father cursing everyone he knows<br>He was dangerous and drunk and defeated<br>And corroded by failure and envy and hate<br>There were endless winters and the dreams would freeze<br>Nowhere to hide and no leaves on the trees<br><br>And my father's eyes were blank as he hit me again and again and again<br>I know I still believe he'd never let me leave, I had to run away alone<br>So many threats and fears, so many wasted years before my life became<br>My own<br>And though the nightmares should be over<br>Some of the terrors are still intact<br>I'll hear that ugly coarse and violent voice<br>And then he grabs me from behind and then he pulls me back<br><br><br><br>There was a beauty living on the edge of town<br>And she always put the top up and the hammer down<br>And she taught me everything I'll ever know<br>About the mystery and the muscle of love<br>The stars would glimmer and the moon would glow<br>I'm in the back seat with my julie like a romeo<br>And the signs along the highway all said, caution! kids at play!<br><br>Those were the rights of spring and we did everything<br>There was salvation every night<br>We got our dreams reborn and our upholstery torn<br>But everything we tried was right<br>She used her body just like a bandage<br>She used my body just like a wound<br>I'll probably never know where she disappeared<br>But I can see her rising up out of the back seat now<br>Just like an angel rising up from a tomb<br><br>And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are<br>And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are<br><br>She used her body just like a bandage<br>She used my body just like a wound<br>I'll probably never know where she disappeared<br>But I can see her rising up out of the back seat now