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Drive Time

from Playin' On My Team by Jay Spears

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You know driving in L.A. is its own special hell.

"Playin'"s standout track is "Drive Time": it brilliantly takes on the Hell that is heavy traffic. The manic rhythm, like Don Henley's Dirty Laundry's "Kick 'em when they're up / Kick 'em when they're down" hook, powers rhythmic, uniquely-shifting spoken vocals over deceptively familiar-sounding dance tracks. As if a Devo tour bus driven by Jon Anderson (Yes) singing baritone, with guests The Bonzo Dog Band onboard had crashed into a studio where Paul McCartney was messing around for hits and giggles, "Drive Time"'s head-on impact is dead funny - and true; the abstract idea elements collide cleanly to release a kind of music concrete. -- Bill Stella, Highest Common Denominator

lyrics

DRIVE TIME © 2005 by Jay Spears ASCAP

Woke up in Encino gotta get to Chino. (No sweat!)
Take the 101 to the 134 to the 210 down to the 60. (Say what?) (O.K.)

Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake; Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake
Tromp on the gas, lean on the horn. Tromp on the brake, lean on the horn.
Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake; Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake

Altadena Pasadena West Covina Upland (Heads up!)

Mark's in Culver City, but Johnny lives in Whittier. (Oh, boy.)
You can get to Whittier from Culver City but the 10 through downtown won't be pretty. (Say what?) (O.K.)

Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake; Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake
Tromp on the gas, lean on the horn. Tromp on the brake, lean on the horn.
Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake; Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake

Hollywood Inglewood Maywood Lynwood (Heads up!)

The 10 is the Santa Monica Freeway and it's also the San Berdino Freeway.
The 110 is the Harbor Freeway and it's also the Pasadena Freeway.

(Break) Breathe....

The 405 is the San Diego Freeway but it barely goes past Santa Ana.
The 5 is the Santa Ana Freeway but it goes all the way to San Diego. (Say what?)

Marina Manhattan Hermosa Redondo (Heads up!)

Gotta get from WeHo to Mission Viejo. (No sweat!)
Take the 405 straight shot. Straight shot. (Say what?) (O.K.)
Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake; Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake
But wait! Big car crash in Carson! (Gridlock! SigAlert! Oh Hell! No sweat!)
Take the 405 to the 105 to the 605 to the 405. (Say what?) (O.K.)

Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake; Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake
Tromp on the gas, lean on the horn. Tromp on the brake, lean on the horn.
Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake; Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake

Monrovia Ontario Fontana San Berdino

Desperate chill runs down my spine -- unleaded regular $4.29 (.9....)

Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake; Tromp on the gas, tromp on the brake....

credits

from Playin' On My Team, released September 12, 2006
BG vocals: Annie Combs, Kim Williams
Drum programming: J.D. Salbego

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Jay Spears Los Angeles, California

Native L.A. singer-songwriter Jay Spears' debut CD "BOY HOWDY" features humorous, boy-meets-boy pop tunes with titles like I LIKE MIKE and CRYIN' OVER BRIAN.
Jay's sophomore CD "PLAYIN ON MY TEAM" includes the full-choir gospel rocker, SMAK DEM CHRISTIANS DOWN, the video for which has over 80,000 views on youtube.
Now here comes his third CD: We Are All Born Lucky. ... more

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