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Driving (Galloway)
Heard you were driving off
Well I wouldn't if I were you
They say there's a storm up on the desert road
Pretty foul weather closing in
Blacktop melts in 33 degrees
The tape machine plays The Ghost In You
Is that a weird cloud shape, or a UFO?
Pretty strange weather closing in
Driving … heard you were driving
Heard you were driving, open quarterlight
Wind sheer lightning was never as calm
They say there's a storm up on the desert road
Pretty strange weather closing in
Writer's notes
Driving is a song I'd been trying to write for quite a time. It's basically inspired by driving through the stretch of road in the middle of the North Island of New Zealand. The ‘desert road' runs across the volcanic plateau surrounding the mountains Ruapehu and Ngaruahoe, which are active from time to time.
Driving though on a hot summer day can be a bit spooky, with the road tar melting and strange-looking clouds hanging over the mountains. If I let the mind wander I can just about see UFOs coming out of the clouds or hovering over the tussock grass. The weather often changes rapidly there and the person or people in the car (in the song) could possibly vanish mysteriously in a sudden summer storm. The Ghost in You is a song by the Psychedelic Furs that we had on in the car on one trip, and set the scene for the song …