Driving through the long night
Trying to figure whos right and whos wrong

Now the kid has gone. I sit belted up tight

She sucks on a match light, glowing bronze, steering on.

And I might be more of a man if I stopped this in its tracks
And said, come on, lets go home. but shes got the wheel

And Ive got nothing except what I have on.

When youre driving with the brakes on

When youre swimming with your boots on

Its hard to say you love someone

And its hard to say you dont

Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from

The thing weve done.

She shuts up the ashtray, and I say its a long way back now hon

She just yawns. and we might get lost someplace
So desolate that no one where were from would ever come

But shes got the wheel and Ive got to deal from now on.

When youre driving with the brakes on

When youre swimming with your boots on

Its hard to say you love someone

And its hard to say you dont

But unless the moon falls tonight, unless continents collide

Nothings gonna make me, break from her side

When youre driving with the brakes on

When youre swimming with your boots on

Its hard to say you love someone

And its hard to say you dont

Its hard to say you love someone

And its hard to say you dont