Biography:
After continued success in the folk and acoustic rock world, Peter Himmelman has donned many hats. His albums range from funky and bluesy to downtempo and jazzy. In addition to accomplished vocalist, lyricist and guitarist, Himmelman can also add television score composer and children's musician to his credits, writing two children's albums and scoring "Judging Amy." Standout albums include "Skin," "Synesthesia," "Imperfect World," and the career-spanning anthology, "Mission of My Soul."
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[Intro]
Bb F Eb Eb (x2)
Gm F Bb Eb
This is a story 'bout a taxi ride I can't forget
Gm F Bb Eb
It was autumn in Minnesota, it was rainy, cold and wet
Cm Gm F
So I hopped into the first cab that I saw
Cm Gm F
The heater was on but the chill just wouldn't thaw
Gm F Bb Eb
The driver of the cab he had a pock marked face
Gm F Bb Eb
He didn't seem too unfriendly, he was just starin' off into space
Cm Gm F
And he told me that he used to drive a truck
Cm Gm F
And that right now he was down on his luck
Gm F Bb Em
We talked a bit about travelin', told him that I'd been to the USSR
Gm F
He looked at me in the rear view mirror and said
Bb Eb
"Ain't that where the Jews and commies are?”
Cm Gm F
And I knew I was in for a hell of a ride
Cm Gm F
My face was calm but I was burnin' up inside, oh yeah
?[Bridge]
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Gm F Bb Eb
He told me he had a dream to go to a place free from niggers and Jews
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"Austria?," I asked out loud, as I stared down at my shoes
Cm Gm F
Then he said, "That's exactly right”
Cm Gm F
He said, "Hey man, ain't you proud to be white?”
Gm F Bb
I played along with him a bit, I said
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"What do you mean? I'm not quite sure”
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That's when he told me how much he admired the Fuhrer
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We drove on through the Minnetonka Pines
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And the rain it started freezin' on the highway signs, oh yeah
[Bridge]
Bb F Eb Eb (4x)
Gm F
Then I said, "Don't you think it was wrong
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I mean, gassin' all them Jews?"
Gm F Bb Eb
And he told me Hitler's only fault was that he had to go and lose
Cm Gm F
A war that should have set the white man free
Cm Gm F
To inherit the entire earth as his destiny
Gm F Bb
Then he started fishin' for a cassette tape that he'd gotten in a
Eb
special class
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And on it some teacher was talkin' about destroyin’ the Jews at last
Cm Gm F
And about how they were all to blame
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For every problem that you could ever name
Gm F Bb Eb
I stared out my window, started thinkin' about my life
Gm F Bb Eb
Thinkin' about my children, thinkin' about my wife
Cm Gm F
And I wondered how much more could I endure
Cm Gm F
Of the hatred so naked and so pure
[Bridge]
Bb F Eb Eb (4x)
Gm F Bb Eb
When we got to my brother's house I even tipped him a dollar or two
Gm F Bb
And I was wonderin' if he'd known all along that his passenger was a
Eb
Jew
Cm Gm F
I just stared at my breath in the freezin' night
Cm Gm F
That's when my brother came to the door and put on the light, oh yeah
[Bridge]
Eb Bb Eb Bb
Bb F Eb Eb
Bb F Eb Eb
F Gm Eb Bb
Don’t tell me children, defile your dreams
F Gm Eb Bb
Our heads are still pounding from the sound of their screams
F Gm Eb Bb
And the blood is still flowing down European streams
F Gm Eb Bb
And it's you who have no right to call yourself a human being
F Eb Gm
Here I am, in a taxi cab with a cut rate Aryan
[Bridge]
Bb Eb Bb Eb
Gm F Bb Eb
I spent the next morning with a man who had death camp numbers on his arm
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n’ I swore to myself I would do anything to protect him from further harm
Cm Gm F
And he told me wherever you may go
Cm Gm F
You must refute them if they say it wasn't so, huh
[Outro]
Eb Bb F (x9)
Bb F Eb Eb (x2)
Gm F Bb Eb
This is a story 'bout a taxi ride I can't forget
Gm F Bb Eb
It was autumn in Minnesota, it was rainy, cold and wet
Cm Gm F
So I hopped into the first cab that I saw
Cm Gm F
The heater was on but the chill just wouldn't thaw
Gm F Bb Eb
The driver of the cab he had a pock marked face
Gm F Bb Eb
He didn't seem too unfriendly, he was just starin' off into space
Cm Gm F
And he told me that he used to drive a truck
Cm Gm F
And that right now he was down on his luck
Gm F Bb Em
We talked a bit about travelin', told him that I'd been to the USSR
Gm F
He looked at me in the rear view mirror and said
Bb Eb
"Ain't that where the Jews and commies are?”
Cm Gm F
And I knew I was in for a hell of a ride
Cm Gm F
My face was calm but I was burnin' up inside, oh yeah
?[Bridge]
Bb F Eb Eb (x2)
Gm F Bb Eb
He told me he had a dream to go to a place free from niggers and Jews
Gm F Bb Eb
"Austria?," I asked out loud, as I stared down at my shoes
Cm Gm F
Then he said, "That's exactly right”
Cm Gm F
He said, "Hey man, ain't you proud to be white?”
Gm F Bb
I played along with him a bit, I said
Eb
"What do you mean? I'm not quite sure”
Gm F Bb Eb
That's when he told me how much he admired the Fuhrer
Cm Gm F
We drove on through the Minnetonka Pines
Cm Gm F
And the rain it started freezin' on the highway signs, oh yeah
[Bridge]
Bb F Eb Eb (4x)
Gm F
Then I said, "Don't you think it was wrong
Bb Eb
I mean, gassin' all them Jews?"
Gm F Bb Eb
And he told me Hitler's only fault was that he had to go and lose
Cm Gm F
A war that should have set the white man free
Cm Gm F
To inherit the entire earth as his destiny
Gm F Bb
Then he started fishin' for a cassette tape that he'd gotten in a
Eb
special class
Gm F Bb Eb
And on it some teacher was talkin' about destroyin’ the Jews at last
Cm Gm F
And about how they were all to blame
Cm Gm F
For every problem that you could ever name
Gm F Bb Eb
I stared out my window, started thinkin' about my life
Gm F Bb Eb
Thinkin' about my children, thinkin' about my wife
Cm Gm F
And I wondered how much more could I endure
Cm Gm F
Of the hatred so naked and so pure
[Bridge]
Bb F Eb Eb (4x)
Gm F Bb Eb
When we got to my brother's house I even tipped him a dollar or two
Gm F Bb
And I was wonderin' if he'd known all along that his passenger was a
Eb
Jew
Cm Gm F
I just stared at my breath in the freezin' night
Cm Gm F
That's when my brother came to the door and put on the light, oh yeah
[Bridge]
Eb Bb Eb Bb
Bb F Eb Eb
Bb F Eb Eb
F Gm Eb Bb
Don’t tell me children, defile your dreams
F Gm Eb Bb
Our heads are still pounding from the sound of their screams
F Gm Eb Bb
And the blood is still flowing down European streams
F Gm Eb Bb
And it's you who have no right to call yourself a human being
F Eb Gm
Here I am, in a taxi cab with a cut rate Aryan
[Bridge]
Bb Eb Bb Eb
Gm F Bb Eb
I spent the next morning with a man who had death camp numbers on his arm
Gm F Bb Eb
n’ I swore to myself I would do anything to protect him from further harm
Cm Gm F
And he told me wherever you may go
Cm Gm F
You must refute them if they say it wasn't so, huh
[Outro]
Eb Bb F (x9)
Peter Katz
Peter Kay
Peter King
Peter Kingsbery
Peter Koelewijn