Ray Stevens - The Great Escape lyrics

rate me

Looking down, I see a carpet of pavement, cold and hard and dirty underneath my feet

Looking up, I see a blanket of smog and smoke stacks, cinders falling down and choking me

And on all sides, a massive wall of human flesh is crowding, pushing, shoving me

This great big city gets me down, but when the ev'ning roles around, at last I'm free

Time for the great escape, the great escape

Make my way on down the freeway

To the country where the air is fresh and clean

Ba ba dee ba da ba da bay (ba ba dee bee dee dee bee dee day)

Away from all the noise and city streets,

Out where the flowers bloom so sweet

And the grass is always meadow green

And the birdies sing, "Tweedle-dee-tweet" (tweet tweet tweet tweet)

There's a girl with golden hair

She's waiting there with love and kisses just for me

Hey, we've got a little sub-division home

A little nest to call our own and there we're gonna raise a family

Ev'ry day, I go to work, I'm just a clerk, they've got a card for me to punch

They keep me working hard, I've got so much to do, there's barely time enough for lunch

My shirt and tie is choking me, this whole routine is messing up my mind

A prisoner from 9 to 5, the thought that's keeping me alive is quitting time

Time for the great escape, the great escape

Make my way on down the freeway

To the country where the air is fresh and clean

Ba ba dee ba da ba da bay (ba ba dee bee dee dee bee dee day)

Away from all the noise and city streets,

Out where the flowers bloom so sweet

And the grass is always meadow green

And the birdies sing, "Tweedle-dee-tweet" (tweet tweet tweet tweet)

There's a girl with golden hair

She's waiting there with love and kisses just for me

Hey, we've got a little sub-division home

A little nest to call our own and there we're gonna raise a family

Whoa, and we're gonna live so happily

Time for the great escape, the great escape

Make my way on down the freeway

To the country where the air is fresh and clean

Ba ba dee ba da ba da bay (ba ba dee bee dee bee dee day)

(fade out)

Thanks to barnacles for correcting these lyrics