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“Driving Your Girlfriend Home” is one of Morrissey’s under-appreciated lyrics. One of his great gifts as a writer is pointed ambiguity, a hallmark characteristic of this lyric, as pointed out in a recent online discussion.
As you listen, try to identify the origin of the songs palpable tension. Is...
[Verse 1]
I'm driving
Your girlfriend home
And she's saying
How she never chose you
"Turn left," she says
I turn left
And she says:
"So how did I end up
So deeply involved in
The very existence
I planned on avoiding?"
And I can't answer
[Verse 2]
I'm driving
Your girlfriend home
And she's laughing
To stop herself crying
"Drive on", she says
I drive on
And she says:
"So how did I end up
Attached to this person
When his sense of humour
Gets gradually worser?"
And I can't tell her
[Verse 3]
I'm parking
Outside her home
And we're shaking hands
Goodnight, so politely
Driving Your Girlfriend Home was written by Morrissey.
Driving Your Girlfriend Home was produced by Alan Winstanley & Clive Langer.
Morrissey released Driving Your Girlfriend Home on Mon Mar 04 1991.