Kelly Willis Drive South Lyrics

Drive South Lyrics

(John Hiatt)



I didn't say we wouldn't hurt anyone

That's how you learn, you just get burned

But, we don't have to feel like dirt anymore

Though love's not earned baby, it's our turn



We were always looking for true north

With our heads in the clouds, just a little off course

I left the motor running

Now, if you're feeling down and out



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Come on baby, drive south

With the one you love

Come on baby, drive south

With the one you love



I'm not talkin' 'bout retreatin', not this girl

Gonna take our stand, in this Chevy van

Windows open on the rest of the world

Holdin' hands on the way to Dixieland



We've been tryin' to turn our lives around

Since we were little kids

It's been wearin' us down

Don't turn away now, darlin'

Let's fire it up and wind it out



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I heard your mama callin', I think she was stallin'

Don't know who she was talkin' to baby, me and you



We could go down with a smile on

I ain't gonna pack my nylons,

Got to leave our legs showin'

It gets hot where we're goin'



We were always looking for true north

With our heads in the clouds, just a little off course

I left the motor running

Now, if you're feeling down and out



Chorus