Neil Young - Leave The Driving Lyrics
Out on the old coast highway
Flyin' through the night
Jed got stopped by the CHP
For speedin' and no brake lights
Slipped his gun down under the seat
Glove box full of cocaine
Trunk was full of weed
"driver's license and registration,"
Said the officer with his flashlight
Searchin' around the floor of the car
Smellin' like somethin' ain't right
Jed's life flashed before him
He heard the sound of the future
On a scratchy old 78
Nothin' was still, all was movin'
When the flashlight found the gun
Then jed pulled the trigger
In a split second tragic blunder
"makes you think about livin'
And what life has to tell,"
Said jed to grandpa
From inside his cell
Camouflage hung in his closet
Guns all over the wall
Plans for buildings and engineers
And a book with no numbers at all
The whole town was stunned
They closed the coast highway for 12 hours
No one could believe it
Jed was one of ours
Meanwhile across the ocean
Living in the internet
Is the cause of an explosion
No one has heard yet
But there's no need to worry
There's no reason to fuss
Just go on about your work now
And leave the driving to us
And we'll be watching you
No matter what you do
And you can do your part
By watching others too
Grandpa put down the paper
Staring in disbelief
Jed had always been good to him
And never gave him any grief
"the moral of this story
Is try not to get too old
The more time you spend on earth
The more you see unfold
And as an afterthought
This must to be told
Some people have taken pure bullshit
And turned it into gold"
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Neil Young Leave The Driving Comments
Is this part 1 of grand pas interview?
My last memory together with my beloved woman was at a Greendale concert in Southern California. Must've been 2003. God, I hope she's doing well.
Sounds like The Fall!
Just commenting that it is good..oh yeah it is
loved... so pure...
One of the best
The moral of this story - some people have taken pure bullahit and turned it into gold.
Neil is a Legend.
That lead break towards the end of the song though!!!!
Saw him do this in concert.It was good. Glad it is on.
Jako dobro.
Love the whole album. Kinda of strange, but the quietest song, "Bandit", is my favorite! What a genius!
I remember seeing this film in a theater.I had sworn off reefer years before,but I remember thinking 'I should be high as a kite for this thing.it really is like some dream or something. I respected Neil for even trying it .I smoke pot once again.homegrown's all right w/ me.
" And A Book With No Numbers At All"
Andy Branch I think he means the bible.
I think that that book is the anarchist's cookbook.
Jed was one of ours
~great sound quality...........
thanks
Great sound quality? There is a ton of noise in the background, but ok
'Smellin' like something ain't right'.
That bud smell's strong!! Grew it, miss grow n.
One of NY,s best albums in my mind .Said that about Tonights The Night when i first heard it in 73 and saw the TNTN London shows with friends and family. I thought at the time i must be a deluded fanatic as everyone else around me said NY was out to lunch and doing stupid songs that were not what they came to see..They came as i did to hear stuff from his top selling albums After The Gold Rush and Harvest and although he played some stuff everybody wanted to hear ,the rest was a brilliant manic change in direction [in my mind].Interestingly his previous album Time Fades Away should have given the world wide audience NY now commanded a clue to the loose canon of things to come .TFA is i believe the only live album with all the songs getting their first airing after a number one selling album Harvest that any artiste has ever attempted .Brave ,foolish,career suicide the critics said at the time .He,s still living the dream we had ..
@Jimmy Newark People Neil's age, they don't do the things he does.
What a awesome comment. So true. Neil became unpredictable and did what he wanted. Still does. I love your story. Even if your comments a year old. I feel compelled to reply. Thanks
Love Greendale!
I saw this concert and I half shit myself when 2 hours into the concert I realized that he was stuck on this most fucked up album!!! Its PURE SHIT!!! What the fuck is he even singing about??? Having a Seizure?? Cuz thats what it sounds he is having!!! I was totally embarrassed for him!!!
Dennis Lyons u talk shit
you gotta be kidden saw the show at radio city MH NY was great
You are out of your mind. I saw the concert as well. It was great and when the Greendale story was over he did about an hour of classics
it's a soundtrack to a movie. it makes more sense if you see it, but it will still be puzzling.the lyrics are characters' dialogue and narration, sort of.
I don't think the film made a nickel,but I like CRAZY HORSE.
Thank you from my father. I love Natalie Portman. Didn't you know that?
Thank you from my father. I love Natalie Portman. Didn't you know that?
There's a whole video of the full Greendale album anyone know where to get it
I don't know but I d kill for it
Thanks so much for uploading, such an under-rated Neil Young album! Maybe its a love/hate album and I absolutely love it!!!
Yea, babysitting other people's bullshit.
Please, at all costs, make this available for mobile.
nice little series of skits
somebody should upload the whole album, it ain't available @ wallmart.
Upsetting this is the only version I could find on youtube, with 1K views,
A truly marvelous song :)
Love it.
I think you're the first one to upload this one to youtube.