Drive On by Johnny Cash
Drive On by Johnny Cash

Drive On

Johnny Cash * Track #4 On American Recordings

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Drive On by Johnny Cash

Release Date
Tue Apr 26 1994
Performed by
Johnny Cash
Produced by
Rick Rubin
Writed by
Johnny Cash
About

“Drive On” saw Johnny Cash return to the topic of the Vietnam War, which he had previously addressed on 1971’s “Singin’ in Vietnam Talkin’ Blues.” While that song was an autobiographical account of Cash’s experience of becoming disillusioned with the war during his and June Carter Cash’s 1971 USO t...

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Drive On Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I got a friend named Whiskey Sam
He was my boonierat buddy for a year in 'Nam
He said is my country just a little off track
Took them twenty-five years to welcome me back

[Verse 2]
But, it's better than not coming back at all
Many a good man I saw fall
And even now, every time I dream
I hear the men and the monkeys in the jungle scream

[Chorus]
Drive on, it don't mean nothing
My children love me, but they don't understand
And I got a woman who knows her man, drive on
It don't mean nothing, drive on

[Verse 3]
I remember one night, Tex and me
Rappelled in on a hot L.Z
We had our 16's on rock and roll
But with all that fire, I was scared and cold

[Verse 4]
I was crazy and I was wild
And I have seen the tiger smile
I spit in a bamboo viper's face
And I'd be dead but by God's grace

[Chorus]
Drive on, it don't mean nothing
My children love me, but they don't understand
And I got a woman who knows her man, drive on
It don't mean nothing, it don't mean nothing, drive on

[Verse 5]
It was a real slow walk in a sad rain
And nobody tried to be John Wayne
I came home but Tex did not
And I can't talk about the hit he got

[Verse 6]
But I got a little limp now when I walk
And I got a little tremolo when I talk
But my letter read from Whiskey Sam
You're a walking, talking miracle from Vietnam

[Chorus]
Drive on, it don't mean nothing
My children love me, but they don't understand
And I got a woman who knows her man, drive on
It don't mean nothing, it don't mean nothing, drive on

Drive On Q&A

Who wrote Drive On's ?

Drive On was written by Johnny Cash.

Who produced Drive On's ?

Drive On was produced by Rick Rubin.

When did Johnny Cash release Drive On?

Johnny Cash released Drive On on Tue Apr 26 1994.

What did Johnny Cash say about "Drive On"?

Since I had my sixtieth birthday, I’ve been using that expression [“Drive on”] a lot. I’m trying to learn that I can’t sweat the little things the way I used to do. So what if I’ve got a broken jaw? It could be worse. Could be a broken back. Screw it. It don’t mean nothing. Drive on.“ – Johnny Cash

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