Driver 8 (Live / 1984 Aragon Ballroom)

[Verse 1]

The walls constructed, stone by stone

The fields divided one by one

And the train conductor says, "Take a break, Driver 8

Driver 8, take a break, we've been on this shift too long"

[Chorus]

And the train conductor says

"Take a break, Driver 8

Driver 8, take a break

We can reach our destination

But we're still a ways away"

[Verse 2]

I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm

The power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged

The bells are ringing through the town again

The children look up, all they hear is sky-blue bells ringing

[Chorus]

And the train conductor says

"Take a break, Driver 8

Driver 8, take a break

We can reach our destination

But we're still a ways away"

(But it's still a ways away)

But we're still a ways away

(But it's still a ways away)

[Bridge]

A way to shield the hated heat

A way to put myself to sleep

A way to shield the hated heat

A way to put myself, my children to sleep

[Verse 3]

He piloted this song in a plane like that one

She is selling faith on the Go Tell crusade

Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again

The fields the wheat is lookin' thin

[Chorus]

And the train conductor says

"Take a break, Driver 8

Driver 8, take a break

We've been on this shift too long"

And the train conductor says

"Take a break, Driver 8

Driver 8, take a break

We can reach our destination

But we're still a ways away"

(But it's still a ways away)

But we're still a ways away

(But it's still a ways away)