The Naked Ride Home (LP Version)

Song The Naked Ride Home (LP Version)
Artist Jackson Browne
Album The Naked Ride Home

Lyrics

[00:18.214] Just take off your clothes and I'll drive you home I said
[00:28.553] Knowing she never could pass on a dare
[00:36.703] And knowing it sounded more desperate than reckless or bold
[00:43.239] I just put it out there cold
[00:47.443] Too far gone to care
[00:53.967] My eyes on the road
[00:56.058] She slid herself down in the seat
[01:02.606] And a vision of paradise swung into view
[01:10.682] Across those five lanes not one driver glanced over to see
[01:17.778] The beauty known only to me
[01:22.168] And a big rig or two
[01:27.025] On that freeway the light was receding
[01:31.816] Her beauty a sight so misleading
[01:36.126] I failed to hear the heart that was beating alone
[01:43.750] On the naked ride home
[02:03.232] With the trace of a smile and that defiant look in her eye
[02:11.666] She hurtled through space in a world of her own
[02:19.425] And turning aside my caress spoke of all that she'd not yet done
[02:26.930] As if I was the doubting one who would have to be shown
[02:36.042] On that freeway the light was receding
[02:41.044] Her beauty a sight so misleading
[02:45.321] I failed to hear the heart that was beating alone
[02:52.834] On the naked ride home
[03:46.786] She gathered her clothes and ran through the yard in the dark
[03:55.442] Up onto the porch like a flash and inside
[04:03.911] Then one room at a time
[04:06.112] I watched every light in our house come on
[04:10.582] Like the truth that would eventually dawn
[04:14.575] Forcing me to decide
[04:19.743] But on that freeway the light was receding
[04:24.791] Her beauty a sight so misleading
[04:28.964] I failed to hear the heart that was beating alone
[04:36.471] On the naked ride home