Drive
Lyrics by Jerry Joseph

there's a place where I feel good
I guess I get there a little more than I should
not real close, not real far
yeah, we can be there in a couple minutes
child in your car

baby feel free to hold my hand
get your feet up on the dash
pretty soon you'll understand
you know I'll never let you crash

out of our heads, out of our minds
your mammas always told us we'd go blind
we arrive, I hear your breath
and I love the thought of loving you
more than I love the mystery of death

most of the time, probably pass
got to toss the things you know
get your feet on the gas
and your eyes upon the road
you know you're better than you think
must return the things we steal
no we probably shouldn't drink
here we are behind the wheel

its so good to be alive
yeah, its so good to be alive
its so good to be alive
baby, Drive!

look at the moon, look at the sun
yeah, deep inside I knew you were the one
look at the earth, look at the stars
feel the magic, like a pistol,
like a lion that is loose inside the car
most of the time I hear your heart
I think you think you're pretty smart
like a lion, like a start
hey baby tear it all apart
you know you're better than you think
must return the things we steal
no, we probably shouldn't drink
here were are behind the wheel

its so good to be alive
yeah, its so good to be alive
its so good to be alive
baby, Drive!

I'm 'fessin' up
I'm coming clean with you baby
I'm 'fessin' up

I like to think of myself as
the kind of person in control
master of my own universe
but by the time they got me down to the station
by the time they got my down to the station
I was beginning to lose my nerve
I was shaken up

you know I always loved you more than life itself
and I knew in my heart of hearts that you loved me
I could see it in your eyes
I could hear it in your heartbeat
I could smell it in your sweat
and I could feel it on the goose bumps on the back of your arms
when I run my fingers down your fine backside

you can't hide a love like that
you can't hide a love like that
not from me

it was late at night
it was late at night
we were out on the lake
sitting in the cab of my 1961 rambler
with hula girls on the back
puppy dogs on the dash

listening to Miles Davis, Bitches Brew
and ZZ-Top, Deguello

drinking Pabst blue ribbon
and doing enough meth-amphetamine and Ketamine to kill an army of elephants

there was nobody around for miles
there was nobody around for miles
nobody to hear us talking about the future
nobody to hear us laughing
I always loved the way you giggle when you kiss
nobody to hear us making love like it was the first time
or the last time baby

there was nobody around for miles
not your mama
not your daddy
not your brother
your sister
your sweet baby Jesus
I'm your judge and jury now
I'm your judge and jury now
I'm 'fessin' up to you baby
I'm coming clean baby
I'm gonna testify

though shall not bear false witness
though shall not worship false idols

its time to get one with god
watch me get one with god
I'm not hear to say I'm sorry
I'm not hear for forgiveness
I'm just looking for the love
I'm just looking for the love
I'm just looking for the love

I need coolin'
baby, I ain't foolin'
I'm gonna send you back to schoolin'
way way down south
baby you're gonna need me
gonna give you my love
gonna give you my love
got a whole lotta love

I'm fuckin with you baby

atone for my sins
you probably think I wanna say I'm sorry to the families
my last will and statement
I say fuck you baby, I made my peace with Jesus
I made my peace with Jesus

look at the moon, look at the stars
I think I like you right here where you are
look at the earth, look up at mars
feel the magic, like a pistol
like a lion that is loose inside the car
most of the time I hear your heart
I think you think you're pretty smart
like a lion, like a start
hey baby tear it all apart
you know you're better than you think
must return the things we steal
no, we probably shouldn't drink
here were are behind the wheel

its so good to be alive
yeah, its so good to be alive
its so good to be alive
its so good to be alive
yeah, its so good to be alive
hey, its so so good to be alive

Transcribed from
9/15/01 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
by Patrick Sprowls