Long Drives - Brian Fallon

I built a room for you in the back of my mind

Where the ravenous wolves and the ghosts I know reside

You were amazing, you were always on my mind

We were secrets to keep, crows buried side-by-side

But we tasted a kiss that was sent from below

It was cool in the night, I was old as a stone

In the back of a car where they try on your heart

And suddenly show you their teeth

But you say, «I'm alright

Baby, I don’t mind

I’ll get on just fine

On them long, long drives»

I keep a letter you wrote before the devil came in the picture

Says, «I've got you now, wrapped around my finger»

And into the mystic, we were blue and outrageous

And every night, I would race the moon and fall for you

But you ache for a drug that’ll never be enough

You’re never gonna feel like when it first picked you up

When they drove you around, bought you powder and flowers

Until the thrill was gone

And you said, «I'm alright

Baby, I don’t mind

I’ll get on just fine

On them long, long drives»

Last night I remembered being seventeen

I met a girl with a taste for the world and whiskey and Rites of Spring

Spent every night with cassettes that she liked

In a car that I borrowed a lot

I could never get her to believe

But you say, «I'm alright

Baby, I don’t mind

I’ll get on just fine

On them long, long drives»

Because I’m alright

Janey, I don’t mind

I’ll get on just fine

On them long, long drives without you

Without you

Without you

Drives without you