Gotta Get Out

Taxi
Taxi
TAXI!
Hi... hi
I'm not usually inclined to take up useless conversations with a
Taxi Driver
But I saw as I was walking all these taxis
Without passengers in constant circulation
Without a destination
And that's not what life should be about
So we're gonna get out

Cross the bridge, take the road to another state
We'll sit back through the noise and the traffic and wait
For some kind of scenery change
Wait till the view from our windows is strange
Trust me, I'm not crazy I can see you
Making faces in the rearview mirror
I will pay you what the meter says, just drive me up the highway
I don't care how far the way is
I guess what I'm trying to say is
In the bike lane of life, sometimes you gotta get out
What?
Weren't you listening? I -I don't know where to!
You're the professional!
You should be making these kinds of decisions

I am really not a person who is qualified to tell you where we
Should be going
I mean, I just left my boyfriend standing back there on the sidewalk
Which is bad enough without disclosing
He was actually proposing
That's it!
There isn't any doubt
That I gotta get out
Hit the gas, make a turn, let this taxi speed
Cause there isn't a thing in the world that I need
More than someplace my head can be clear
Probably miles and miles from here
I don't mean to freak, and I don't mean to shout
But right now, GOD, I've really gotta get out

I can't stay here anymore
I just gotta get out
Though I still don't really know what I am getting out for
I should be near him and, Christ, feel happy
But it's like something's changed inside of my DNA
I just want to tell him that I'm lost and that I'm frightened
But something's there that smothers all the words I want to say
So how I can be what makes him happy?
When I can't even make a promise that I will stay?
I've gotten used to keeping all this space between us
And when he looks right at me
I just want to run away

So I gotta get out
Yes, the only thing to do
Is to get myself out
And accept the fact we're through
We won't get that far
Staying where we are
Oh my god! Stop the car!
I gotta get out!