Driver 8

by R.E.M.

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The walls are built up, stone by sto-ne
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the fields divided one by one.
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And the train conductor says,
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Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
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we've been on this shift too long
 
CHORUS:
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And the train conductor says,
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Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
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We can reach our destination, still a ways away
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(But we’re still a way’s away)
 
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I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm.
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Power lines have floaters
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so the airplanes won't get snagged. 
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Bells are ringing through the town again,
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Children look up, all they hear is sky blue, bells ringing 
 
 
[REPEAT CHORUS]
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Still a ways away
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(But we’re still a way’s away)
 
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Way to shield the hated heat. 
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Way to put myself to sleep.
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Way to shield the hated heat.
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Way to put myself, my children t’sleep. 
 
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Piloted this song in a plane like that one.
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She is selling faith on the Go Tell crusade.
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Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again. 
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Th’field to weed is lookin' thin 
 
[REPEAT CHORUS]
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Still a ways away
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(But we’re still a way’s away)