Reply #16: Leave the Driving - Neil Young

[av8rdave]

Last couple of verses are great!


Down on the ol' coast highway
flying through the night
Jed got stopped by the CHP
for speeding and no brake light

Rolled down the driver's window
slipped his gun down under the seat
glovebox full of cocaine
the trunk was full of weed

Driver's license and registration
said the officer with his flashlight
sniffin' around the floor of the car
smellin' like something ain't right

Jed's life flashed before him
like a black and white super 8
he heard the sound of the future
on a scratchy old 78

Nothing was still all was moving
when the flashlight found the gun
then Jed pulled the trigger
in a split second tragic blunder

The whole town was stunned
they closed the coast highway for 12 hours
No one could believe it
Jed was one of ours

Grandpa put down the paper
staring in disbelief
Jed had always been good to him
and never gave him any grief

Makes you think about living
and what a 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

Meanwhile across the ocean
living in the internet
is the cause of an explosion
no one has heard yet

But there's no reason to worry
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