Driving with the Brakes On - Del Amitri

Out with Out with people who don't seem to know me They've all paired up and I'm left here so lonely, lonely They buy me drinks Then the night starts to move much more slowly Maybe what I need is what I'm holding, holding My head's so fucked I can hardly sleep Keep my shirt untucked I'm struggling to breathe I'm not doing too great I haven't shaved in days Might as well be the passenger I'm driving with the parking brake Drive home Swerving through the lanes I guess I should've stayed I said I sobered up I lied right to her face But she was too messed up to notice anyway, anyway That's when I see I see I see a new light on the dashboard I feel I feel I feel the car start to slow down I'm stranded on the street Can't stand the summer heat I miss the way that I used to be My head's so fucked I can hardly sleep Keep my shirt untucked I'm struggling to breathe I'm not doing too great I haven't shaved in days Might as well be the passenger I'm driving with the parking brake When the sun gets low, my mind won't slow down I hope all this is worth it somehow, worth it somehow, worth it somehow When I'm alone, my silence makes sound I hope all this is worth it somehow, worth it somehow, worth it somehow

Layin' awake I don't give a shit If I even ever Wake up in the morning Down below There's a pile of sin Always waiting for a Waiting for a warning Burned at the stake Inside I'm blistering Not a whisper Looking in you'd never know it Miles below I look up again When you snap they say Before you never show it Someone said it's all right Save it now, don't say it for my sake Someone said it's all right Faster now, you know I got no brakes No brakes Fuses glow Wounds of festering Till the wind comes up And takes it to the last pow Back and forth Staring at the wall This room's a cage I know that something's got to give now Layin' awake I don't give a shit If I even ever Wake up in the morning Down below There's a pile of sin Always waiting for a Waiting for a warning Someone said it's all right Save it now, don't say it for my sake Someone said it's all right Faster now, you know I got no brakes No brakes Someone said it's all right Save it now, don't say it for my sake Someone said it's all right Faster now, you know I got no brakes Someone said it's all right Save it now, don't say it for my sake Someone said it's all right Faster now, you know I got no brakes No brakes No brakes No brakes

Everybody in the funhouse Says they want out But we're taking our time 'Cause we're in love with time Whole generations thinkin' of themselves As infidels and pop stars While the bomb loses patience We line up and just lean against the bar Stone cold sober Looking for bottles of love Stone cold sober Looking for bottles of love Caught in the headlights Wide-eyed and ready to receive We are the dead life Locked in dogfights, lost in disbelief And these dark days Makes the nights seem brighter than they are So, while Fleet Street rolls and the moon glows In the funhouse, the fun starts Stone cold sober Looking for bottles of love We're stone cold sober Looking for bottles of love, love Love We are the dead life, we are the dead life So come on, come on Born in the half-light of threats and bribes In a hopeless porn parade We get the dog's life, tidbits train us What to wear, what not to say When you're footloose and you just feel limbless Life gets in the way So, we get loaded or totally legless But stay the same Stone cold sober Looking for bottles of love We're stone cold sober Looking for bottles of love, love (We're stone cold) stone cold sober Looking for bottles of love We're stone cold sober Looking, looking So come on, come on (Come on, come on) (Come on, come on) We are the dead life, we are the dead life We are the dead life, we are the dead life We are the dead life, we are the dead life We are the dead life, we are the dead life

Find something to do Something worth playing I'm just passing through Don't think I'll be staying 'Cause I promise you I I'll be gone in a second Like teardrop's dried I'll be gone in a second Right out of the blue Just as you're waking I'll be there to give you A little shoulder shaking But I promise you I I'll be gone in a second Like a fleck in your eye It'll be gone in a second A second of love, a second of life A second remembering it right Watching a soul slip out of sight Into the glitter of the night In a second Find something to do Before I wander Into your mind Like a roll of thunder 'Cause I promise you I I'll be gone in a second Like a flash of light It'll be gone in a second I promise you I I'll be gone in a second I promise you I I'll be gone in a second (I'll be there for you) 'Cause I promise you I I'll be gone in a second I promise you I I'll be gone in a second I'll be gone in a second