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White Limousine

Hovercraft song file · /lyrics/white-limousine/

Written by Piers "Charlie Pepper" Wildman

Current recording: Doomed To Live

Wildman / Marsden / Downing / Downing · Lyrics: Wildman
From the 1996 sessions · Reconstructed 2026 · Doomed To Live, Side A

No one can tell you
what went on last night
Your head is shot
Your teeth are rot
You can't feel quite right
And you'll never be free
Unless you put up
Some kind of a fight

But it's a long long way
A long long way

When you set out
did you ever realise
The world would drive you crazy
And there's sawdust in your eyes
The man in the sky
Say the end is nigh
But you can't fly
You don't even try

It's a long long way
A long long way

When you wake up I'll be waiting
No it ain't a dream
And we'll shoot right through tomorrow
In a big white limousine

You never thought
it would get to you
but it has
Couldn't see through
The teenage blues
And all that jazz
Well you ain't the first babe
And you sure won't be the last

It's a long long way
A long long way

When you wake up I'll be waiting
No it ain't a dream
And we'll shoot right through tomorrow
In a big white limousine

When you wake up I'll be waiting
No it ain't a dream
And we'll shoot right through tomorrow
In a big white limousine

About this song.

Written by
Piers "Charlie Pepper" Wildman
Work
Original

A compact cinematic escape fantasy, moving from bruised morning-after imagery towards an extravagant promise of departure. The limousine can suggest rescue, luxury, wedding, funeral or simple excess.

The evidence.

White Limousine — Original set list
Original set list 1995–96

Period set list naming White Limousine alongside Cool Jerk, Oh Yeah, New Pine Overcoat, Crazy and others.