Driving Aloud (Radio Storm)
Written by: Robyn Hitchcock
Version 1 (1992 - live version)
Version 2 (1992 - live version)
Notes: Recorded July 31 in Cambridge. This recording sounds remarkably like the San Fransisco version above, but they are different.
Version 3 (1992 - studio recording)
Notes: Made in late-1992 for Respect. Some of the lyrics have been changed.
Version 4 (1992 - studio recording)
Notes: Different version of the song, with a different set of lyrics. Included on the promotional album, Spectre. See below for lyrics...
- Bad Case of History issues 1, 2
Version 2 (1992 - live version)
Notes: Recorded July 31 in Cambridge. This recording sounds remarkably like the San Fransisco version above, but they are different.
Version 3 (1992 - studio recording)
Notes: Made in late-1992 for Respect. Some of the lyrics have been changed.
Version 4 (1992 - studio recording)
Notes: Different version of the song, with a different set of lyrics. Included on the promotional album, Spectre. See below for lyrics...
The fourth version...
The promotional issue of Respect, called Spectre, included a version of this song, with entirely different lyrics to the others. For interest these are reproduced below - and are copyright to Robyn Hitchcock (reproduced here without permission).
Heading west, going west, heading west
Going over the sea
Where the sun always sets in the west
As a favour to me
And the plane touches down and you're dying of thirst
You're already aroused and the tyres all burst
She looks so beautiful, she looks so rare
You drop your coffee at the kerb and vanish into thin air
And everything you say is like sugar
The sweeter it gets you know I lick it away
Radio, forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah
With a knot in your heart you're afraid
of the power to say
All the things that you don't wanna hear
but you do anyway
And she already told you, you got nothing to fear
She said it too fast and she said it too clear
It's like a Harrison Ford picture where he plays someone nice
Who gets mixed up with a girl against his doctor's advice
And everything you say is like iron
It smashes me up but it's brittle inside
Radio, forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah
You need love baby, love baby, love
don't you throw it away
It's a miracle you've gotten so far
without having to pay
In a sushi bar on M Street I was reaching for an egg
It took a half a second, it was rolling down my leg
I've never known a word that simple have that effect
I'll say this for you, honey, you know how to connect
Oh yeah
you do it very suddenly
But everything you say is a dagger
It slashes me up but it's easy to hide
Radio, forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah
What am I going to do with myself if I lose you?
What am I going to do with myself if you stay?
Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly
Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly
Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly
(No sweat)
Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly
(No sweat at all)
And everything you say is an ocean
It's keeping me up but it's pulling me down
Radio, forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah
Heading west, going west, heading west
Going over the sea
Where the sun always sets in the west
As a favour to me
And the plane touches down and you're dying of thirst
You're already aroused and the tyres all burst
She looks so beautiful, she looks so rare
You drop your coffee at the kerb and vanish into thin air
And everything you say is like sugar
The sweeter it gets you know I lick it away
Radio, forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah
With a knot in your heart you're afraid
of the power to say
All the things that you don't wanna hear
but you do anyway
And she already told you, you got nothing to fear
She said it too fast and she said it too clear
It's like a Harrison Ford picture where he plays someone nice
Who gets mixed up with a girl against his doctor's advice
And everything you say is like iron
It smashes me up but it's brittle inside
Radio, forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah
You need love baby, love baby, love
don't you throw it away
It's a miracle you've gotten so far
without having to pay
In a sushi bar on M Street I was reaching for an egg
It took a half a second, it was rolling down my leg
I've never known a word that simple have that effect
I'll say this for you, honey, you know how to connect
Oh yeah
you do it very suddenly
But everything you say is a dagger
It slashes me up but it's easy to hide
Radio, forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah
What am I going to do with myself if I lose you?
What am I going to do with myself if you stay?
Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly
Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly
Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly
(No sweat)
Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly
(No sweat at all)
And everything you say is an ocean
It's keeping me up but it's pulling me down
Radio, forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah