Long Drives

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 with a child at heart Who suddenly showed 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 'Cause you ache for a drug a that'll never be enough You're never gonna feel like when he first picked you up When he drove you around, bought you powder and flowers Until the thrill was gone But 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 And I could never get her to believe But you said, I'm alright Baby, I don't mind I'll get on just fine On them long, long drives Because I'm alright Janie, I don't mind I'll get on just fine On them long, long drives without you Without you Without you Drives without you --- Long Drives - Brian Fallon