Track 11 of the album Laundromat Waltz · 2018
Dusk Drive Home, Windows Down
“Windows down, sun behind the water tower, nowhere to be. We recorded it at dusk to get the colour right.”
jazz · dream jazz · driving jazz · 3:32
Lyrics
The sun is sliding down Behind the water tower I roll the windows open At the quiet hour The road is soft and golden The radio is low Late summer evening Nowhere else to go Drive, drive, drive me home With the windows down and the light turned gold Drive, drive, drive me home The air is warm and the night is not yet cold Past the fields and the little bridge Past the lamps coming on one by one Drive, drive, drive me home The day is over and I'm not done A truck ahead of me Hauls a load of hay A kid waves from the back seat As we go on our way The wheat is turning amber The crickets sing along I tap the wheel in rhythm To a half-remembered song Drive, drive, drive me home With the windows down and the light turned gold Drive, drive, drive me home The air is warm and the night is not yet cold Past the fields and the little bridge Past the lamps coming on one by one Drive, drive, drive me home The day is over and I'm not done Somewhere ahead there's a porch light Somewhere there's a pot on the stove The road knows the way already And I trust the road The first star finds the windshield The hills turn dark and blue I take the last long curve With a song and the evening too Drive, drive, drive me home With the windows down and the light turned gold Drive, drive, drive me home The air is warm and the night is not yet cold Past the fields and the little bridge Past the lamps coming on one by one Drive, drive, drive me home The day is over and I'm not done Drive me home, drive me home Windows down, the evening's long