R.E.M. • Driver 8 | Karaoke • Background Vocals • Lyrics

Karaoke version of "Driver 8" from R.E.M. Enjoy!

Background movie from "A Great Railroad at Work" (1942)


Lyrics:
The walls are built up
Stone by stone
The fields divided
one by one

And the train conductor says
take a break driver 8
Driver 8 take a break
we’ve been on this shift too long

And the train conductor says
Take a break driver 8
Driver 8 take a break
we can reach our destination

We’re still a ways away
(But it’s still a ways away)

I saw a treehouse on
the outskirts of the farm
Power lines have floaters
so the airplanes won’t get snagged

The bells are ringing
through the town again
The children look up, all they hear is
sky-blue bells ringing

And the train conductor says
Take a break driver 8
Driver 8 take a break
we can reach our destination

We’re still a ways away
(But it’s still a ways away)
But we’re still a ways away
(But it’s still a ways away)

A way to shield the hated heat
A way to put myself to sleep
A way to shield the hated heat
A way to put myself,
my children to sleep

He piloted this song
in a plane like that one
She is selling faith
on the Go Tell crusade

Locomotive 8,
Southern Crescent,
hear the bells
ring again
The fields of wheat is lookin' thin

And the train conductor says
Take a break driver 8
Driver 8 take a break
we’ve been on this shift too long

And the train conductor says
Take a break driver 8
Driver 8 take a break
we can reach our destination

We’re still a ways away
(But it’s still a ways away)
But we’re still a ways away
(But it’s still a ways away)