Drive Like I Never Been Hurt by Ry Cooder Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You told everybody that I couldn't drive
And you didn't even want me around
And you knocked my love and you know that's a lie
'Cause I'm a good man when the flag goes down

[Chorus]
I'm gonna drive like I never been hurt
Down the road like you never lied
I'll find my way like I never been lost
You never laughed and I never cried

[Verse 2]
I'll say goodbye to all my friends
That won't take too very long
They'll be real big men someday
Never gonna miss me when I'm gone

[Chorus]
I'm gonna drive like I never been hurt
I'll be long gone like you never lied
I'll find my way like I never been lost
And you never laughed and I never cried
[Bridge]
Well I'm in the road, I'm in the right
I got a mind to drive all night
When I get there they'll know my name
My head's blowin' loose all over again
Fuel's gettin' hot sun's gettin' high
Salt is burnin' in my eyes
My brain's still good, my tires are fair
If my drag chute fails baby I don't care

[Chorus]
'Cause I'm gonna drive like I never been hurt
I'll be long gone like you never lied
I'll find my way like I never been lost
And you never laughed, I never cried

I'm gonna drive like I never been hurt
Down the road like you never lied
'Cause I'll find my way like I never been lost
And you never laughed and I never cried

[Outro]
Oh, my car is good
I can prove it - look at it
You know, she told me that I couldn't drive
And the car weren't no good
But you know I had the forty-nine crank
I had the twenty-four stud head
I had the Lincoln gears
I had the forty-nine inch rear end, yeah
I had, I had the Thompsons in the back
[?] magneto in the front
I went down and told him Nancy got a bleedin' interior
He said it looked good
She told me she did like it
Said I couldn't drive
That the car wasn't no good to nobody
Looka here, I'm going
I'm gonna hit the road, I ain't coming back
I'm gonna drive
I ain't gonna cry, no no