the modern spirit

in the dark before the train

just beyond the barn glow

where no dissident remains

driving it like we stole it

snow falling

a silver poet

to concentrate the gallows

and subtracting us like the wolf does

driving it like we stole it

but we're getting nearer

nearer

getting near that modern spirit

yeah

i can hear it

hear it

hear it

i can hear that modern spirit

on the open road for boys

a white and an open throat

night slips back with no noise

inside the hitch-hiker's coat

but we're getting nearer

nearer

getting near that modern spirit

yeah

i can hear it

hear it

hear it

i can hear the modern spirit

yeah

can't you just hear it

hear it

hear it?

winter counting everything

we're near it

we're getting nearer nearer

nearer

friendship changing everything

we're near it

i can hear it

is this the modern spirit?

is this the modern spirit

yeah

is this the modern spirit

this is the modern spirit

yeah

this is the modern spirit

this is the modern spirit

yeah

this is the modern spirit

this is the modern spirit

yeah

yeah? yeah