Cold night fading, you forget the sun Pressure building, you rely on no-one You turn the wheel, the traffic's slow A rainy Wednesday, sixteen more miles to go... You want to drive past those factory gates Just keep driving, disappear without a trace To buy a new name and buy a new face Desperado - disappear without a trace You dream you're in the tropical sun Drinking Pina Colada, smiling at everyone Her hands are soft, her mouth is wide As your money falls, falls from the sky But her face turns ugly, her eyes turn red As you awake screaming, crying in your bed The dream has gone, reality's here You drink alone, crying in your beer And every road you take leads the same way It's the way of the world Whichever way, whichever way...