[Verse 1]
We can talk about it in the car;
We can talk about it with the drive
Keep your eyes on the road up ahead
Don't forget what we said about staying alive
If we'd been stuck there just a few hours more
I'd have cracked up, I'd say
Oh you never can tell when it's coming;
It's so hard getting out of the way;
But to stay sitting targets is surely
No better than running away...

[Chorus]
Sitting targets in the car
I'll be thinking about it
It's not so far, not so far
Not so far to drive

[Verse 2]
Oh this time we made our getaway
We'd been stalling for too long
Keep your eyes on the road up ahead
While I try to forget what's been going wrong
Oh, you'd better check up on the CB
See what Tail-End Charlie say:
"Oh you never can tell how it's going
Oh you never can see how it's been
But to stay sitting targets is surely
No better than living a dream"
[Chorus]
Sitting targets in the car
I've been thinking about it
It's not so far, not so far
Not too far to drive

[Bridge]
In the car....

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
We can talk about it in the car
Surely we can talk about it some other time
Keep your eyes on the road up ahead –
I don't seem to be able to use mine
And I'm losing control of my body
And I'm running scared...
Oh you never can tell when it's coming;
Oh you never can say how it's been
But to stay sitting targets is surely
No better than living a dream

[Chorus]
Sitting targets in the car
I'll be thinking about it
It's not so far to drive
Sitting targets in the car
I've been thinking it over
It's not so far, not so far
Not so far to drive