Driver 8 - Live From Rock City, Nottingham / 1984

[Verse 1]

The walls were built up

Stone by stone

The fields divided one by one

[Bridge]

And the train conductor says

"Take a break, Driver 8

Driver 8, take a break

You'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"

Still a ways away

[Verse 2]

I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the barn

Power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged

Bells are ringing through the town again

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"

Still a ways away (But it's still a ways away)

But it's still a ways away (But it's still a ways away)

[Solo]

A way to shield away the heat

A way to put myself to sleep

A way to shield away the hated heat

A way to put myself, my children to sleep

[Verse 3]

Piloted this song in a plane like that one

She's selling faith on the Go Tell crusade

Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again

The fields to weed is looking 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"

Still a ways away

But it's still a ways away (But it's still a ways away)