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Driving Metal

by Basement Classics

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Wide Awake (free) 03:29
Late at Night Peering into darkness Another mile the same as all other 800 miles I drove today hey hey (Headingley. Right turn.) Edmonton all the way to Steinbach another hour to go But I could keep on driving till morning though I started break of day. Who stopped in Yorkton for coffee? It was a 16 ounce Who's got the window wide open? Who's got this song in the car? Turned up loud! Darker now and the car is colder My girl is fast asleep She nodded off but that's okay since I am wide awake! Who stopped in Portage for coffee? It was a 16 ounce Who's got the window wide open? Who's got this song in their head? Turned up loud! I am wide awake, baby! Wide Awake! I am wide awake baby! Wide Awake!
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That Chick Can Drive (free) 03:03
Driving right through the pouring rain that woman might stop for a hurricane; pops down to 3rd passing some old turd if she needs to get down to the greenhouse on time. That car speeds up on amber squeals tires when the light turns green Rounds turns like the trunk's on fire Making that straight four scream That Chick Can Drive That Chick Can Drive Sometimes when I'm late for choir that woman burns gas like a house on fire Flips on her shades, hair pulled back And there ain't nobody getting in her way That car speeds up on amber squeals tires when the light turns green Rounds corners like the trunk's on fire Making that straight four scream That Chick Can Drive That Chick Can Drive
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I Love You, Gasoline (free) 03:41
For $1.30 a gallon, back in time, I’d pay the attendant, and you were mine When we drove through the prairie and we saw the flax fields bloom When we drove through the mountains you lifted us up into the sky You give such motion to these wheels You blow up in the motor & my tires peel When we drove through the city to the short-cut, to the drive through When we drove through the parking lot you swung the back end round and round and round I’m not crazy about where you come from I’m not high on what you leave behind I may be happy where I am right now, But I love how fast you take me somewhere else 20 years later, & many miles We’ve had good times, there’s no denial For $1.30 a litre, here in time I swipe my card, and you are mine
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Turn Up The Volume (free) 02:54
This car is very loud and there's a good song on the radio I just wanna listen to this song but this car's got so much noise so I turn up the volume.
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Winter Morning (free) 02:50
I awake and go outside The dawn’s first light Driveway silent Minus 38 degrees The battery’s charged I sure hope that thing starts today If I breathe, the windows cake The seat’s rock hard The gearshift’s too cold to rest my hand. Why on earth do I live here? Why not move down south, And never freeze off my face again? The heat starts to blow But my feet, they are still freezing My seat still is too cold Too cold, too cold
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In elder days there was a beast twas made of iron and wood It roared and passed all other cars eight demons ‘neath the hood There was no speed it could not reach no bog it could not rent it would not rest at day or night though other cars were spent. It was The Beast of Land and Sky! Its donuts perfect every time! With mighty name of “Malibu” It tore the Earth, it pushed blue! It was the beast of land and sky! This beast was not just Lord of Earth It jumped upon command. It's first flight East of Bothwell, no ‘rents could understand. It roared through the air and shook the ground on which it landed. It made the prairies flatter than Lake Agassiz itself could. Auto mirum spargens sonum (The car will send forth its wondrous sound) Its wake when pounding puddles Gave the Trident holder fright. The gust of wind when it did pass: electric dynamite. The beating of its fiery heart rang clear across the plain. When taking off from stand-still Only Rubber would remain Lux Aeterna Luceat Auto (Eternal light shine on the car) Transition to car afterlife was nowhere in its plans. When it's replacement filled garage, it would not yield its place. It only growled louder. It's smoke plumes grew in size. It drank the gas more wildly. Odograph stopped counting miles. Malibu, it would not die, long years of death watch thwarted. It was not given parts or care, yet still it soldiered on. From whence came its direction? Without, or from within? Hath it a mind of metal? Hath it neurons of tin? Insanity was in its lights Its whistle loud and clear Some brave ones looked on with delight while fair folk hid in fear Known by many names, it was, This Beast of Land and Sky. But on its heart was stamped in steel: the number 305.
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Album Theme: Rock & Roll

Drums done using Apple's Jam Pack loops. Everything else is just mic'd in.

Lyrics & zesty notes here: www.basementclassics.com/albums/driving-metal/

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released June 3, 2014

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