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So We Were Driving Around in That Car And...    (SEMI-FILLER)

So we were driving around in that car and...
The music was too loud...
The speakers... They screeched...
The passenger went to turn it down...



Driver - Don’t do that.

Passenger - Why not?

Driver - Because that is what the world does.
We’ll just wait for a... softer song.


     
Drove on around town...
Tape ended... lots of space... silence...
Passenger went to flip it over...



Driver - Don’t do that.

Passenger - Why not?

Driver - Because that is what the world does.
It isn’t about YOU YOU YOU...
And YOUR listening enjoyment.

You must remember what is happening here...

We aren’t listening to music...
The tape player is... playing its sound.



Drove on for a while...
Passenger looked to the side, then behind...
The passenger appeared to be worried...



Passenger - Why didn’t we stop?
That was where we were going, wasn’t it?

Driver - The music isn’t over.

Passenger - But that doesn’t matter!
That was where we were going!
Why didn’t we stop?!

Driver - Because that is what the world does...
It isn’t about our little plans... our little schedules...

This car is not just a... thing... to get us there...
We are driving... DRIVING!...
Not just going from A to B... DRIVING!

Look at it the way a car does...
A car’s perception of what is happening...
A car’s life is measured in miles... not days...

The longer those miles are... the better.

Written by jIMNUT_rOARIN
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