"You can drive us up to heaven, see my Mama there, you can drive us down to hell they'll say, "ha! What a pair!" - Rylan Brooks, You Don't Drive Me Nowhere
lyrics
You Don't Drive Me Nowhere
By, Rylan Brooks
ASCAP 2018
[Brooks]
Well you could drive me up to Dallas for a football game
Or you could drive me out to Memphis if it’s all the same
You could drive me out to California golden sun
You could drive me to the desert - I can shoot my gu-u-uns
Shoot my guns
[Duet]
We could drive up to Canada and freeze to death
You could drive me down to Mexico to tattoo my chest
Drink tequila, forget the rest
“Where’d my wallet go, how’d I rip your dress?”
[Brooks]
Quit asking me all these questions!
But my plans are the only the thing that’s gettin’ laid
[Duet]
And our love’s gettin’ dusty like an old lampshade
[Brooks]
When I try to tell you, you just pick a fight
[Duet]
Shake a bottle in my hand like your waiving a knife
[Brooks]
Ladies and gentlemen, my wife
Well honey,
I’m here to tell you,
One thing:
You don’t drive me nowhere but crazy
You don’t take me no place I wanna go
And I don’t stay at home because I’m lazy
It’s just that you don’t drive me nowhere but crazy
[Duet]
Well you can drive me cross the ocean up to Europe and back
Drive me off a bridge, give me a heart attack
You could drive me through Seattle in the pourin’ rain
You could drive me to New Jersey and I won’t complain, I won’t complain
[Brooks]
You are a liar, you will complain!
[Duet]
Maybe just a little.
[Brooks]
You can drive me out to Arkansas and leave me there
You could drive me to the mountains, I could grow my hair
You can drive me up to heaven, see my Momma there
You could drive us down to hell and they’ll say, “what a pair!
[spoken] Got us a real Bonnie and Clyde down here.”
[Duet]
I reckon they got a long just a little better.
[Brooks]
Well who the hell could get along with you?!
‘Cause baby,
You don’t drive me nowhere but crazy
You don’t take me no place I wanna go
And I don’t stay at home because I’m lazy
It’s just that you don’t drive me nowhere but crazy
credits
from Half Wild,
released September 16, 2018
Chris Brooks: Lead Vocal
Nate Rylan: Acoustic Guitar
Hannah Taylor: Duet Vocals
Fred Berman: Drums
Jeff Haitt: Bass
Andy Keenan: Pedal Steel Guitar
Ross Bellenoit: Electric Guitars, Banjo, addt'l Bass, addt'l Acoustic Guitar, percussion
Bob Beach: Harmonica
Produced by Ross Bellenoit & Nate Rylan
Recorded at Turtle Studios - Philadelphia, PA
Recording Engineer: Doug Raus
Mixed by: Jeff Hiatt
Assistant Mix Engineer: Ross Bellenoit
Mastering: Doug Raus @ Turtle Studios & Nate Rylan @ JOYTOY Productions, NYC
All Songs by Nate Rylan & Chris Brooks, Lot Lizard/Molly Monkey Pub. ASCAP 2018
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