You close the door and start the motor
I roll the window down
I raise my hand and wave goodbye

To neighborhood queens and clowns and

Children in the front yards

They hide and seek and laugh
I can almost hear you thinking
How could these days go by so fast


And the rear view could picture
What we leave behind

Drive darling, drive darling,
Drive darling, drive darling, drive


A silent conversation
No words cause there's no need
We let the tapes mix up the years

And press repeat and press repeat

The trunk is filled with records

And books and tears and clothes
I'm smiling on the surface
I'm scared as hell below


And the rear view could picture
What we leave behind

Drive darling, drive darling,
Drive darling, drive darling, drive


Good morning freedom
Good night lullabies
Drive darling, drive darling,

Drive darling, drive darling, drive

And when we arrive

The hardest of goodbys
You will dry my eyes
Somehow you're always by my side

The one who holds my kite
And watches over all my flights


Drive darling, drive darling,
Drive darling, drive darling, drive


Good morning freedom
Good night lullabies
Drive darling, drive darling,

Drive darling, drive darling, drive

Drive darling, drive darling,

Drive darling, drive darling, drive