I covered The Chauffeur originally by British new romantic band Duran Duran.
I used an instrumental played by Alessandro Giancane with his kind permission.
Here`s how different listeners felt this song:
"Sing Blue Silver" may be a similar reference to the "Droning engine". Rolls Royce had an entire "Silver" line of cars; Silver Spur, Silver Cloud, etc., and it may be possible that he's referring to the musical sound of the car, or its engine.
SkaarjLordon
Tar plains are roads, vast expanses of asphalt covered with tar. Glides are cars gliding on the road – a luxury car like a Rolls Royce glides over the road. People do not ride with the chauffer in the front when being driven somewhere. She is next to him in the back, and sweating because they have just made love in the car. She is “newly charming” because she seduced him, and this was unexpected. The “glides” may be looking for a new place to drive because the chauffer and his newly charming mistress are parked in a well-known but secluded spot. This opening stanza captures the moment after they have made love for the first time, the feeling of coming back to reality while still clinging to the warm glow – even her sweat is described affectionately as glistening dewdrops.
SpeedTrixie
She's sitting beside him, not riding in the back. Chauffeur is his role in her life, not his job.
tenangoon
Out on the tar plains, the glides are moving
All looking for a new place to drive
You sit beside me so newly charming
Sweating dewdrops glisten freshing your side
And the sun drips down bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress, all shadowy lined
And the droning engine throbs in time
With your beating heart
Way down the lane away, living for another day
The aphids swarm up in the drifting haze
Swim seagull in the sky towards that hollow western isle
My envied lady holds you fast in her gaze
And the sun drips down bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress, all shadowy lined
And the droning engine throbs in time
With your beating heart
And the sun drips down bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress, all shadowy lined
And the droning engine throbs in time
With your beating heart
Sing blue silver
And watching lovers part, I feel you smiling
What glass splinters lie so deep in your mind
To tear out from your eyes, with a thought to stiffen brooding lies
And I'll only watch you leave me further behind
And the sun drips down bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress, all shadowy lined
And the droning engine throbs in time
With your beating heart
And the sun drips down bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress, all shadowy lined
And the droning engine throbs in time
With your beating heart
Sing blue silver
Sing, sing, blue silver