Story Behind the Song
Borrowing a little from the Kiss album "Destroyer", the song starts with a car starting and then driving. In the Spring of 1986, a girl I was dating was killed by a drunk driver as she was crossing the street in Clark, New Jersey. 5 years later after another one of my friends passed away, I was inspired to write this song. The words and music were written in '91 and the song was recorded in '92. "Don't Drink & Drive" is a bit preachy, but heartfelt.
Lyrics
(1st Verse)
From a friend to a friend, I'll have to do my best
to keep you from the end, and wind up like the rest.
To save you from your fate, to breathe your last breath.
Move fast or it's too late, shake the hands of death.
*(Chorus)
I've got to make sure you stay alive,
got to make sure you survive.
I've got to make sure that you arrive to the other side.
Don't drink and drive (5x)
(2nd verse)
You've had too much to drink, can't stand on your feet,
you didn't take the time to think of the body that you treat.
You stumble to your car and you find me there,
cause you know that there are friends like me who care. *
(3rd Verse)
The question is the same, "does alcohol really kill"?
Now whose the one to blame, when you drive for thrills?
I know you enjoy the speed, now whose got the sense?
In the end you will bleed under the influence. *
Words and music by Troy Donoughue
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