If you keep your heart in a velvet place
 And you never wake up in a state of grace
 And you don't look around and you never ask why
 I need to watch the weather while I read the sky
 
 When I drive
 When I drive
 When I drive
 When I drive
 
 There's an awful lot of people who you never call
 When you live too fast and you walk too tall
 And I drive by the factory and the mission bell
 Then I look down the tunnel at the face of hell
 
 When I drive
 When I drive
 When I drive
 When I drive
 Drive away...
 
 I'm going to drive, drive, drive myself away
 I'm going to turn, turn, turn to a state of grace
 I'm going to shake, shake, shake all the city gates
 Because the sky's on fire and all the bridges break
 
 When I drive
 Drive away
 When I drive
 Drive away
 
 Drive by the factory and the mission bell
 And I drive down the tunnel to the face of hell
 And it streams, and it gleams, it's a wishing well
 There's an awful lot of feelings I can never tell
 
 When I drive
 When I drive
 When I drive
 When I drive
 
 Well I ran to the scene and the seas are flame
 And I ran through the city but the city was changed
 And I ran to the river but the tides won't wait
 But I can pass through the flames to a state of grace
 
 When I drive
 When I drive
 When I drive
 When I drive
 
 I said
 Hey, hey you can drive away
 I said
 Hey, hey I can drive away
 I said
 Hey, hey I can drive away
 I said
 Hey, hey I can drive away
 
 Well I hid my heart under a concrete wall
 And I stood to lose so I lost it all
 I see an awful lot of people who never call
 They will watch you run and then they'll watch you crawl
 
 When I drive
 When I drive
 When I drive
 When I drive
 
 I'm going to drive, drive, drive myself away
 I'm going to take, take, take all the big mistakes
 I'm going to turn them 'round to a state of grace
 And when I pass through the flames I won't hide my face
 
 When I drive
 When I drive
 When I drive
 When I drive
 
 I said
 Hey, hey drive away
 I said
 Hey, hey you can drive away
 I said
 Hey, hey drive away
 I said
 Hey, hey you can drive away
 
 Drive away
 Drive away
 Drive away
 Drive away