"Roads Girdle the Globe" is a song by Andy Partridge. It appeared on the 1979 album Drums and Wires.
A live version appeared as the B-side to the Canadian "Love at First Sight" single.
A live in-studio version, for John Peel, appeared on Drums and Wireless, then later on the 1998 Transistor Blast box set.
Quotes[]
Andy (on Peel session): “A great little version. It's has a big, monolithic ‘can't-stop-it’ feel. It's from a John Peel session in '79, and I remember him commenting very favorably on it at the time. I think it's better than the Drums and Wires version.”
Lyrics[]
Am I asleep
Or am I fast
You every race
You first, you last
Roads girdle the globe
We all safe in your concrete robe
Hail mother motor
Hail piston rotor
Hail wheel
Roads girdle the globe
Am I tied in
Or do I turn
Your sacred incense
You tyre burn
Roads girdle the globe
We all safe in your concrete robe
Hail mother motor
Hail piston rotor
Hail wheel
Roads girdle the globe
Steer me Anna
Am I get there
When is A, B
Oil, iron, steel
You holy three
Roads girdle the globe
We all safe in your concrete robe
Hail mother motor
Hail piston rotor
Hail wheel
Roads girdle the globe