C 
Lying on the motorway this morning, 
  C 
I thought I heard a distant thunder rolling, 
   Am       G            C    F 
So I lay so still on the motorway, 
          C 
‘Till the cavalcade came screaming past like hellhounds in my ears, 
       Am        G           C           F 
It was over in a moment, the wind like a tornado, 
    Am               G             C              F 
The sweet perfume of petrol like a lovers parting kiss, 
       Am        G           C    F 
Then I closed my eyes on the motorway, 
       C 
And I dreamed about the days gone by, brave boys, 
   C 
I dreamed about the days gone by. 

 C 
Lying on the motorway this evening, 
    C 
The gypsies came up close while I was sleeping, 
   Am      G        C    F 
So quietly down the motorway, 
C 
Pulling their possessions in the cover of the night, 
     Am               G              C                F 
They too had seen the whirlwind, the shining black procession, 
Am                  G              C                F 
Screaming past like gods ascending through a tarmac sky, 
   Am            G            C    F 
So they hid themselves by the motorway, 
    C 
And dreamed about the days gone by, brave boys, 
     C 
They dreamed about the days gone by. 

    Am              G            C              F      
And what were they doing, those people from the government? 
        Am          G            C               F 
Burning sacrificial gasoline to keep the dogs at bay. 
               Am             G             C                       F 
And there were shadows in the hedgerows and strange lights from the sliproads, 
      C 
So we huddle on the motorway, brave boys, 
   C 
We huddled on the motorway