Drive Like I Do

Songwriter: Adam Hann Ross MacDonald George Daniel Matthew Healy

Producer: The 1975

Your days are switched
And I’m so impressed because
It looks like you dressed yourself today
Said when you go to join
If you keep this up
Then you’ll be the spitting image of your old man in no time

Go on, go on your way
And I will push you into the lake
Said focus all your rage I guess
Before I push you

Your mum and dad
Well they found it hard to be
Surprisingly different with me
In charge you’re like grabbing a feel
I'll fucking kill him if he touches you

Said focus all your rage
Along before I push you into the lake
Yes focus all your rage
Along before I push you

You're always delighted
At what was the same
Yeah you should've never been one
'Cos I've never been more proud of you like

Well I said think quick ‘cos it’s pissing it down
The flat and the rock as well they’ve all found out
A nice idea
It was a nice idea and I said
You can hold my hand or just walk away

Well I’m looking at you
And I’ve been looking straight at you and I’m
Here to say I’m right fucked off with you
'Cos you said that we could have
And Golden Gun is on but I’m being Oddjob

Are you coming back home soon
Coming back home soon
Coming back home
Any time soon

Well think quick cos it’s pissing it down
I wanna be soaked to the skin before we work this out
It was a nice idea
It was a nice idea and I said
You can hold my hand or you can walk away

Well I’m looking at you
Well I’ve been looking straight at you but I’m
Compelled to say I’m right fucked off with you
Cos you said that we could have
And Golden Gun is on but I’m being Oddjob

More commonly known as The 1975, Drive Like I Do is just one of the many band names The 1975 went by before settling on the name that most fans know them by now. The 1975 formed in 2002 when all of the members were teenagers. Some of the other names the band has gone by aside from Drive Like I Do are Talkhouse, Bigsleep, Me and You Versus Them, Forever Enjoying Sex and The Slowdown. They used to cover a lot of Fall Out Boy songs and had a handful of songs of their own Lost Boys is popular among fans who are dedicated to the band.

Up until recently these older songs were hard to come across but there’s several Reddit threads dedicated to the old The 1975/Drive Like I Do tracks.

After Music For Cars, the current members of The 1975 will be returning to Drive Like I Do as a separate project. At one point, Matty also said that some other band members might join them. Here’s a brief article with links to Matty’s tweets about the bands.

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