The Modern Lovers:Roadrunner Lyrics

One-two-three-four-five-six!

Roadrunner, roadrunner,
Going faster miles an hour.
Gonna drive past the Stop ‘n’ Shop,
With the radio on…

I’m in love with the modern world,
Massachusetts when it’s late at night,
And the neon when it’s cold outside, 
I got the radio on…
Just like the roadrunner.

Goin around the highway.

I walked past the stop’n’shop,
Then I drove past the stop’n’shop,
I like that much better than walking by the stop’n’shop,
Cause I had the radio on…..,
I felt in touch with the modern world,
I felt in love with the modern world,
I felt in love with Mattapan and Roslindale,
Cause I had the radio on…..,
I felt like the Road Runner,
With the radio on…. 

Now I said welcome to the spirit of old 1956,
It was patient in the bushes next to ’57.
Well the highway was my only girlfriend I went by so quick,
And suburban trees were out there, and consequently it smelled like heaven.
And so I say roadrunner once, roadrunner twice…
Were in love with this feeling now and we’ll be out all night.

All right, now we can tell them about our love, you men.

(Radio On!) I got the AM…
(Radio On!) I’ve got the power, I feel the feeling now…
(Radio On!) I feel the feeling and it’s feeling alright now…
(Radio On!) And I feel in touch with the modern world.

OK let’s go down route 128.

Oh Yeah.

Can you feel it out in Needham now?,
Out in Route 128 by the power lines,
It’s so exciting there at night, 
With the pine trees in the dark,
With the 50,000 watts of power,
We go faster miles an hour,
With the radio on…

Road Runner, Road Runner,
Goin faster miles an hour,
I’m gonna drive past the stop’n’shop,
With the radio on…,
See I’m in love with the modern world,
Massachusetts when it’s late at night,
And the neon when it’s cold outside,
You see I have the radio on…,
Like the Road Runner.

Now what do you think about that guys?

(Radio On!) Good! we got the AM… 
(Radio On!) I think we got the power, got the magic now…
(Radio On!) We got the feeling of the modern world…
(Radio On!) The sound of the modern radio feeling when it’s late at night…
(Radio on!) Got the sound of the modern loneliness when it’s cold outside… 
(Radio on!) Got the sound of Massachusetts when it’s blue and white… 
(Radio on!) Got Route 128 on a dark and lonely night…
(Radio on!) I feel alone and cold and lonely…
(Radio on!) I feel alone in the cold neon…
(Radio on!) I feel alive, I feel the love, I feel alive, I feel the Rockin…
(Radio on!) Go home now, yes… 
(Radio on!) Gonna go home, yes…
(Radio on!) Road Runner go home, here we go now…
(Radio on!) Were gonna drive ’em home you guys.

Here we go.

That’s right.

Bye-bye!.