“Great Escape” is the first track from Guster’s second album Goldfly. The band first performed the track at the (now closed) Lion’s Den in Manhattan in July 1996, a day after they had written it.
The track marks a slight change in Guster’s style. In their earlier recordings, the band stuck with two...
[Verse 1: Ryan Miller]
Please come tempt me
You've got something good in mind
Dropped everything
Glad to be persuade this time
[Pre-Chorus: Ryan Miller/Miller & Adam Gardner]
Into the car
Baby bleed the gas
Fast as fast
Never turning back
Oh yeah
Not scared of that
The past has passed
And we cannot take it back
[Chorus: Ryan Miller/Miller & Adam Gardner]
They want to know
If we could get away
Yeah we backed it up
And made our great escape
When the dust will settle
And they discover
The furthest exodus
Getting somewhere
While the messengers
Get the message in
Try to capture us
We've done nothing wrong
[Verse 2: Ryan Miller]
Please content me
Steal me from this priss-teen life
Oh so gently
Everyone feels pain this time
[Pre-Chorus: Ryan Miller/Miller & Adam Gardner]
Into the car
Baby bleed the gas
Fast as fast
Never turning back
Oh yeah
Not scared of that
The past has passed
And we cannot take it back
[Chorus: Ryan Miller/Miller & Adam Gardner]
They want to know
If we could get away
Yeah we backed it up
And made our great escape
When the dust will settle
And they discover
The furthest exodus
Gettting somewhere
While the messengers
Get the message in
Try to capture us
We've done nothing wrong
[Bridge: Ryan Miller]
Oh she wants me
And she needs me
She can have me all the time
Oh she wants me and she needs me
Circle circle dot dot dot
[Chorus: Ryan Miller & Adam Gardner/Miller]
They want to know
If we could get away
Yeah, we backed it up
And made our great escape
When the dust will settle
And they discover
The furthest exodus
Getting somewhere
While the messengers
Get the message in
Try to capture us
We've done nothing wrong
Great Escape was written by Ryan Miller.
Great Escape was produced by Steve Lindsey.
Guster released Great Escape on Tue Mar 04 1997.