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Richard Shindell - Transit CAPO: 2nd Fret INTRO: B The merge from the turnpike was murder, but it's never a cinchIt was Friday at five, and no one was giving an Cinch They squeezed and they edged and they Dglared CHalf of them clearly imDpaired by Crage or exhaustion The rest were just touchy as BhellSomewhere near Paterson everything slowed to a crawlThe all-news station was thanking someone for the Ccall It's a van from St. Agnes' choir D There's a Cnun out there changing a tire D By the Ctime they got by her, tempers were out of conBtrol AmSo they all hit the gas in a dash for position C Bobbing and weaving and flashing their high-beams EmFlipping the bird and screaming obscenitiesA Cwell-insured hoard, hell-bent on SaturdaByAnd so they continued, west-bound and into the sunLaw and decorum constraining nary a Cone By then it was devil-may-care D Not a Cone even vaguely aware D That they hadC come all the way to the Delaware Water Gap B AmBut how had it happened? They had all missed their exits C How had it happened? Was it some kind of vortex? And Emin they all went, bumper to bumper CFaster and faster, no sign of a trooper And Gin they all went, like sheep to the slaughter DBankers and carpenters and doctors and lawyers And Emin they all went, families in minivans CDemocrats, Republicans, weekend militiamen They Gfollowed the river, and rounded the bend Between DMinsi and Tammany and into their destiny EmLying in ambush, right there before them The Cangry old sun right on the horizBonSister Maria tightened the bolts of the spareShe said a quick prayer and put the old van into Cgear Thank god that the traffic was lightD If she Churried she might not be Dlate For that Cevening's performance at the state penitentiary B AmShe entered the common room and there was her choir C Altos and baritones, basses and tenors EmCar thieves and crack dealers, mobsters and murderers CHusbands and sons, fathers and brothers And Gso it began in glorious harmony DSoftly and tenderly calling for you and me EmThe interstate crying way off in the distanceAnd the Csun going down through the bars of the prison They Gpoured out their souls, they poured out their memories DThey poured out their hopes for what's left of eternityTo Emsister Maria, her soul like a prism C For the light of forgiveness on all of their facesOUTRO: B