Song Description

Written in the wake of a lost love affair, the characters try to fill the space left in their lives.. They find a numbing, healing effect in driving, as if constantly being on the move will transport them past the pain.

Lyrics

Johnny?s on the road tonight
Got the windows wound down tight
So he can taste the midnight air and hear the engine?s song
Some stories never come out right
Some chapters never end quite like
The lovers caught between the pages wanted ? right or wrong
But he can drive until the engine seizes
Travel any place he pleases
It?s going to take some time to lose the taste of you he knew
?Til the new scars come to heal
His refuge is behind the wheel
?Til your mem?ry finally fades from view
He?ll be driving into blue

It doesn?t have to be this way
She tells herself a thousand times a day
?Til she fills a new blank page with a thousand things to do
All those well-intentioned schemes
All those young, romantic dreams
Are tangled in the wreckage now she?s searching for the clues
But she can drive until the engine seizes
Travel any where she pleases
But its going to take some time to lose the taste of you she knew
But ?til the new scars come to heal
Her refuge is behind the wheel
Until your mem?ry finally fades from view
She?ll be driving into blue

Bridge
Now in the end you play the cards Life deals you
If love don?t break you ? it can heal you, heal you

Johnny?s on the road tonight
Got the windows wound down tight
So he can taste the midnight air and hear the engine?s song
Some stories never come out right
Some chapters never end quite like the lovers caught between the pages
Wanted ? for right or wrong
But he can drive until the engine seizes
Travel any place he pleases
It?s going to take some time to lose the taste he knew
?Til the new scars come to heal
His refuge is behind the wheel
Until your mem?ry finally fades from view
He?ll be driving into blue - Driving into blue

Words and Music Copyright Chris Betts August 2001