Drive

R.E.M. * Track #1 On Automatic for the People

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Album Automatic for the People

ALBUM

R.E.M.

1992

Drive by R.E.M.

Release Date

Mon Sep 21 1992

Performed by

R.E.M.

Produced by

Scott Litt & R.E.M.

Writed by

Bill Berry & Michael Stipe & Mike Mills & Peter Buck

About

R.E.M.’s classic Automatic For the People opens with one of their finest songs. Like most R.E.M songs, the lyrics are cryptic. Mike Mills said that Drive is “telling kids to take charge of their own lives”, while Peter Buck called it a “subtle, political thing”.

The cryptic lyrics however, do not s...

Drive Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Smack, crack, bushwhacked
Tie another one to the racks, baby
Hey kids, rock and roll
Nobody tells you where to go, baby

[Chorus]
What if I ride, what if you walk?
What if you rock around the clock?
Tick-tock, tick-tock
What if you did, what if you walk?
What if you tried to get off, baby?

[Verse 2]
Hey, kids, where are you?
Nobody tells you what to do, baby
Hey kids, shake a leg
Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby

[Chorus]
Maybe you did, maybe you walked
Maybe you rocked around the clock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Maybe I ride, maybe you walk
Maybe I drive to get off, baby

[Bridge]
Hey kids, shake a leg
Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby
Ollie, Ollie, Ollie, Ollie, Ollie
Ollie, Ollie in come free, baby
Hey, kids, where are you?
Nobody tells you what to do, baby

[Verse 3]
Smack, crack, shack-a-lack
Tie another one to your backs, baby
Hey kids, rock and roll
Nobody tells you where to go, baby

[Chorus]
Maybe you did, maybe you walk
Maybe you rock around the clock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Maybe I ride, maybe you walk
Maybe I drive to get off, baby

[Outro]
Hey kids, where are you?
Nobody tells you what to do, baby
Hey kids, rock and roll
Nobody tells you where to go, baby
Baby
Baby

Drive Q&A

Who wrote Drive's ?

Drive was written by Bill Berry & Michael Stipe & Mike Mills & Peter Buck.

Who produced Drive's ?

Drive was produced by Scott Litt & R.E.M..

When did R.E.M. release Drive?

R.E.M. released Drive on Mon Sep 21 1992.

What did R.E.M. say about "Drive"?

Stipe said this was the first song he ever wrote on a computer. How could that have affected the outcome of the lyrics?

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