Driving with the Brakes On

Driving through the long night Trying to figure who's right and who's wrong Now the kid has gone I sit belted up tight She sucks on a match light, glowing bronze Steering on And I might be more a man if I stopped this in its tracks And said come on, let's go home But she's got the wheel And I've got nothing except what I have on When you're driving with the brakes on When you're swimming with your boots on It's hard to say you love someone And it's hard to say you don't Trying to keep the mood right Trying to steer the conversation from The thing we've done She shuts up the ashtray An' I say it's a long way back now, hon She just yawns An' we might get lost someplace So desolate that no one where we're from Would ever come But she's got the wheel And I've got to deal from now on When you're driving with the brakes on When you're swimming with your boots on It's hard to say you love someone And it's hard to say you don't But unless the moon falls tonight Unless continents collide Nothing's gonna make me break from her side 'Cos when you're driving with the brakes on When you're swimming with your boots on It's hard to say you love someone And it's hard to say you don't It's hard to say you love someone And it's hard to say you don't