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Driving solo across the dark, straight, flat Great Plan countryside
Countless Suicidal insects waste their death curse trying to make me blind
Red lights on endless, towering windmills , blink in synch across
The horizon like some crummy alien invasion movie
Blessedly still, with no treacherous wind to push me off course
To you

So alone without you, I've never been away this long before
My companion my first love, adrift and lost without you by side
Leave the light on I'll be coming home, as fast as these wheels will go
As fast as these wheels will go

Started out from parched Utah this morning, making for Salina tonight
Then it's on to Kansas City to take a breath and play this show one more time
Then behind the wheel to drag myself, across only five more states
Barring mishap I'll be back by Friday before you get home from work
So many miles, and I've had quite enough of this life on the road
Without you

So alone without you, I've never been away this long before
My companion my first love, adrift and lost without you by side
Leave the light on I'll be coming home, as fast as these wheels will go
As fast as these wheels will go

But for now I resettle my hands, on the steering wheel
Golden heat lightning illuminates the storm that scatters in front of me
Billy Joel blares out my cheap pair of speakers, just like when I was a kid
In the back seat of my parents' Oldsmobile as we drove up to New York
We've come so far, and we've stood by each other all the while
I love you

So alone without you, I've never been away this long before
My companion my first love, adrift and lost without you by side
Leave the light on I'll be coming home, as fast as these wheels will go
As fast as these wheels will go

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from You Can't Do That With A Banjo, released January 12, 2018

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David Tyberg Atlanta, Georgia

Every once in a while, singer/bass player David Tyberg takes a tiny break from his duties with steam-prog powerhouse The Extraordinary Contraptions to tune his tenor banjo and serve up his melodic musings on life, love, and nerd stuff. From folk to funk, it's Tyberg's unique, geek-rocker gaze that unifies his musical eclecticism. Can't rock on a banjo, you say? Just try and stop him. ... more

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