Tune: (Down by) The Great Mistake

Band: The Continental Drifters

Album and Year: Better Day, 2001

Main Voices on Album: Peter Holsapple and Vicki Peterson

Written by: Peter Holsapple

Rewrite by: Liana Bluestar

Main Voices for Rewrite: Ironhide and Chromia

He: I never felt so close to you.

She: I never been so far away.

He: And I know what you're going through...

She: So is that all you can say to me? Is that all you can say to me?

He: I used to know you when.

She: But you turned your back on me.

He: I just got turned around myself...

She: Then what do you expect of me? Just what do you expect of me?

They: It's a crazy world we live in,

It's a crazy road we take.

We could walk this way blinfolded, down by the Great Mistake.

She: You used to be my hero, boy, 'til you parked the ship in the lake.

He: That wasn't strictly my idea, you know. I parked

down by the Great Mistake.

She: Well, you should've used your emergency brake.

He: If it worked, I would've

They: There'll be a lot of compromisin',

And if that don't sound enticing,

Your money ain't no good here, down by the Great Mistake.

He: I think it's gonna work out just fine.

She: You can think that way if you like.

He: What would make you say a thing like that?

She: Hey, I'm not sayin' anything. I'm not sayin' anything.

They: There'll be a lot of compromisin',

And if that don't sound inviting,

We can walk this way blinfolded, down by the Great Mistake.

He: Say, did you ever get that towing bill?

She: Was that what that was?

He: Well, it wasn't my commlink bill.

She: Oh man . . .

He: I only made one call to Triple A . . . Or was it AA?

She: You can tell the difference. She: You need to call someone. She: Get help. {laughter}