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“Have to Drive” is the eighth track on the 2008 album “Who Killed Amanda Palmer”.
It is a funeral dirge for roadkill, and an introspective song about the way that humanity copes with suffering, and the way that coping can come at the expense of the world around us.
[Chorus]
I have to drive
I have my reasons, deer
It's cold outside
I hate the seasons here
[Verse 1]
I suffer mornings most of all
I feel so powerless and small
By 10 o'clock I'm back in bed
Fighting the jury in my head
[Chorus]
We learn to drive
It's only natural, deer
We drive all night
We haven't slept in years
[Verse 2]
We suffer mornings most of all
We saw you lying in the road
We tried to dig a decent grave
But it's still no way to behave
[Bridge]
It is a delicate position
Spin the bottle, pick the victim
Catch a tiger, switch directions
If he hollers, break his ankles to protect him
[Chorus]
We'll have to drive
They're getting closer
Just get inside
It's almost over
[Bridge]
We will save your brothers
We will save your cousins
We will drive them
Far away from streets and lights
From all signs of mad mankind
[Verse 3]
We suffer mornings most of all
Wake up all bleary-eyed and sore
Forgetting everything we saw
[Outro]
I'll meet you in an hour
At the car
Have to Drive was written by Amanda Palmer.
Have to Drive was produced by Ben Folds & Amanda Palmer.
Amanda Palmer released Have to Drive on Tue Sep 16 2008.