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The Penguin Discography: Drivin' With Your Eyes Closed




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Drivin' With Your Eyes Closed
    Authors »
Don Henley, Danny (Kootch) Kortchmar, Stan Lynch

    Year Written »
1984

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I met a Frenchman in a field last night
He was out there with an easel, painting carnival
light
He said,"I used to paint the princess; I used to paint
the frogs
Now I paint moustaches on dangerous dogs"
He said, "Sometimes it's a country; sometimes it's a
girl
You know, everybody got to have a purpose in this
world
You Yankees are so silly about matters of the heart
Don't you know that women are the only works of art

You're drivin' with your eyes closed
You're drivin' with your eyes closed
You're drivin' with your eyes closed
You're gonna hit somethin'
But that's the way it goes"

Some guys were born to Rimbaud
Some guys breathe Baudelaire
Some guys just got to go and put their rockets
everywhere
You can breed 'em by the thousands; you can trick and
you can train
Just look at all those poor dogs that are dragged down
by the Seine
How many arrows must I shoot into the blue?
Ah, you little maniac, I'm crazy over you
Before The Death of Lovers and The Punishment of Pride

Let's go scrape across the terrazzo
It's Just too hot outside

"You're drivin' with your eyes closed
You're drivin' with your eyes closed
You're drivin' with your eyes closed
You're gonna hit somethin'
But that's the way it goes"
Talk talk, talk and talk
Talk talk, sweet talk
Talk talk, tough talk
Talk talk, dirty talk
Talk talk, walk and talk
Talk talk, big talk
Talk talk, baby talk
Kiss kiss kiss

Talk talk, talk and talk
Talk talk, smooth talk
Talk talk, body talk
Talk talk, back talk
Talk talk, small talk
Talk talk, baby talk
Talk talk, peace talk
Talk talk, bullshlt

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Running Time 3:41
Performers Don Henley (Produced By), Danny (Kootch) Kortchmar (Produced By), Greg Ladanyi (Produced By), Don Henley (Vocals), Danny (Kootch) Kortchmar (Guitars), Danny (Kootch) Kortchmar (Keyboards), Danny (Kootch) Kortchmar (Bass), Danny (Kootch) Kortchmar (Percussion), Don Henley (Percussion), Dominique Manceinelli (Background Vocals), Marie Pascale Elfman (Background Vocals)
CommentsBackground vocals by "The French Girls".
Appears On
Building The Perfect Beast (0000)
Don Henley

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(C) 1984 Cass County Music/Kortchmar Music ASCAP Lyrics reprinted by permission. All Rights Reserved.

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2010-08-23