Late Night Drive (1984)

Intro - 4/4 1980s drums with an arpeggiated synthesizer bass

Verse 1

The moonlight’s fadin' in the rearview glass

Another shift at the shop is a thing of the past

Static on the radio and a hum in the floor

She's pushin' that speedometer's needle just a lil' bit more

The Hunter is sleepin' and the shadows are long

But that Chevy V-8's hummin' its own kind of song

Chorus

It’s a late night drive on the edge of the blue

Followin' lines that she's cuttin' in two

Past the sign to Pelaw Main where the streetlights glow

With nowhere to be and a long way to go

Yeah, the city is heavy, but the road is wide

Lost in the rhythm of a late night drive

Verse 2

The tires throw through a rhythm, keepin' that Chevy tight on the road

While the chrome catches glints of the silver moonlight

No digital ghosts or a plastic sound

Just the weight of the steel and the rubber on the ground

We’re tracking the miles like a reel-to-reel

Feelin' the truth in every turn of the wheel

Chorus

It’s a late night drive on the edge of the blue

Followin' lines that she's cuttin' in two

Past the sign to Pelaw Main where the streetlights glow

With nowhere to be and a long way to go

Yeah, the city is heavy, but the road is wide

Lost in the rhythm of a late night drive

Bridge

Shift it down, let that V-8 cry

Under the weight of a Newcastle sky...

Guitar Solo - '80s Shred

Chorus

It’s a late night drive on the edge of the blue

Followin' lines that she's cuttin' in two

Past the sign to Pelaw Main where the streetlights glow

With nowhere to be and a long way to go

Yeah, the city is heavy, but the road is wide

Lost in the rhythm of a late night drive

Outro - Fade out with echoing vocals

It's just a late night drive...

(Keep the headlights on..)

Let's just take it easy and slow

(We'll get there in time.)

It's just a late night drive

(late night drive)

Late night drive

(late night drive)

Late night drive..