Driver 8

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The walls are built up, stone by sto-ne

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the fields divided one by one.

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And the train conductor says,

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Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break

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we’ve been on this shift too long

CHORUS:

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And the train conductor says,

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Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break

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We can reach our destination, still a ways away

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(But we’re still a way’s away)

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I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm.

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Power lines have floaters

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so the airplanes won’t get snagged.

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Bells are ringing through the town again,

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Children look up, all they hear is sky blue, bells ringing

[REPEAT CHORUS]

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Still a ways away

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(But we’re still a way’s away)

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Way to shield the hated heat.

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Way to put myself to sleep.

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Way to shield the hated heat.

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Way to put myself, my children t’sleep.

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Piloted this song in a plane like that one.

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She is selling faith on the Go Tell crusade.

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Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again.

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Th’field to weed is lookin’ thin

[REPEAT CHORUS]

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Still a ways away

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(But we’re still a way’s away)