Passenger Seat

from We Got This - Side Two by Melanie Peterson

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Passenger Seat describes my releationship with hunky Peter Collins to a T. It is our origin story! And it was a contender for opening the EP, but we decided to close with it so we could have the dramatic slowdown effect at the end of the song be the final moment of the EP for you.

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They had their stories
They told about you
They'd tell them to me
Swear that they were true
Painted your picture
With one dirty paintbrush
No one seemed to notice
You had grown up
That you have a softness
A deep understanding
Those ten A.M. phone calls
And all their demanding
Everyone worried about
Where you'd be landing
Maybe it was in the stars
But you jumped into my car and we

Flew out of town
You in the passenger seat
Just enough cash
To last us the week
Feet on the dash
Empty coffee cups
A couple of wild ones
In love
In love

We met at a party
Your friends dragged you out
The music was so loud
We all had to shout
And you looked defeated
Dazzled and tired
Told me that your heart got broke
And I just had to hold you close as we

Flew out of town
You in the passenger seat
Just enough cash
To last us the week
Feet on the dash
Empty coffee cups
A couple of wild ones
In love
In love

Starry eyed
Young and free
Shotgun lover
It's you and me

We scissored out of
That parking lot
Spitting gravel behind us
No second thoughts
Every song on the radio
Singing right to us
Maybe it was in the stars
But you jumped into my car and we

Flew out of town
You in the passenger seat
Just enough cash
To last us the week
Feet on the dash
Empty coffee cups
A couple of wild ones in love
When you burn all the bridges
And what's done is done
You gotta move fast
And that's half the fun
Feet on the dash
Empty coffee cups
A couple of wild ones
In love
In love

We flew out of town you in the passenger seat
(We flew out of town you in the passenger seat)
We flew out of town you in the passenger seat

credits

from We Got This - Side Two, track released September 2, 2022
Melanie Peterson - guitar/lead vocal
Peter Collins - bass/backing vocals
Mark Mariash - drums
Mitch Girio - lguitar/keys

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Melanie Peterson Toronto, Ontario

This Saskatoon born Toronto-based singer-songwriter has quietly become one of the bright lights on the Toronto folk scene. With her aching vibrato and prairie roots, her work has been consistently praised by listeners and music critics alike. She has been deemed “Mary Poppins with a broken heart” by BBC radio and is also an actress who's most recent role was on the
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