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Driving Song

from Tips & Compliments by Matt Harlan

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Baby, I can’t sleep.
All the cars that pass outside flood my room with light,
& I wish I was gone – Windows down & rolling to your door.
‘Cause baby I see you.
In the dim light of the bar night, as your hazel eyes go blue,
& I wish I could hold your hair back as the liquor takes its toll.

There’s miles that sit between us & cities to pass through,
But I don’t want to bear my soul to anybody new.
So I’m driving though the hours thinking of a song.
Driving through the hours ‘til we can be alone.

Feel that Texas heat
As it beats down in the noonday & you’re parked right on the freeway.
There’s nowhere to hide – just steel frames rolling down the same long ride.
Just 20 minutes gone.
Shirt sweat on your armrest there’s a sadness in your bones. I wish you were home,
‘Cause I’m tired of being strong for when you go.

We scale the miles between us. We struggle to get through.
Working on our selves & working on each other, too.
We go driving though the hours singing our own song.
Driving through the hours ‘til we can be alone.

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from Tips & Compliments, released October 19, 2009

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Matt Harlan Houston, Texas

Matt Harlan is a troubadour of the first degree, bringing songs of bus-stops, coffee-shops and lives overlooked to stages across his home-state of Texas, the USA and Europe. His expressive vocals recall Chris Smither and Chris Knight, shading his poignant songs with soaring heart and aching grit. ... more

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