It was raining hard in 'Frisco   I needed one more fare to make my night   A lady up ahead waved to flag me down   She got in at the lights      "Oh, where you going to, my lady blue?"   It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain   She just looked out the window, she said   "Sixteen Park side Lane"      Something about her was familiar   I could swear I'd seen her face before   But she said, "I'm sure you're mistaken"   Then she didn't say anything more      It took a while but she looked in the mirror   Then she glanced at the license for my name   A smile seemed to come to her slowly   It was a sad smile, just the same      And she said, "How are you, Harry?"   I said, "How are you, Sue?   Through the too many miles and the too little smiles   I still remember you"      It was somewhere in a fairy tale   I used to take her home in my car   We learned about love in the back of a Dodge   The lesson hadn't gone too far      You see, she was gonna be an actress   And I was gonna learn to fly   She took off to find the footlights   I took off to find the sky      Oh, I've got something inside me   To drive a princess blind   There's a wild man, wizard   He's hiding in me, illuminating my mind      Oh, I've got something inside me   But it's not what my life's about   'Cause I've been letting my outside tide me   Over till my time runs out      Baby's so high that she's skying   Yes she's flying, afraid to fall   I'll tell you why baby's crying   She's dying, aren't we all?      There was not much more for us to talk about   Whatever we had once was gone   So I turned my cab into the driveway   Past the gates and the fine trimmed lawns      And she said, "We must get together"   But I knew it'd never be arranged   Then she handed me twenty dollars for a two-fifty fare   She said, "Harry, keep the change"      Well another man might have been angry   And another man might have been hurt   But another man never would have let her go   I stashed the bill      And she walked away in silence   It's strange how you never know   But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for   Such a long, long time ago      You see, she was gonna be an actress   And I was gonna learn to fly   She took off to find the footlights   And I took off for the sky      Here, she's acting happy   And here, she's acting happy   Inside her handsome home   And me, I'm flying in my taxi   Taking tips, getting stoned      I go flying so high when I'm stoned