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Driver 8

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The walls are built up, stone by stone,
the fields divided one by one.
And the train conductor says
“Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We’ve been on this shift too long”

And the train conductor says
“Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We can reach our destination, but we’re still a ways away”

I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm.
The power lines have floaters so the airplanes won’t get snagged.
Bells are ringing through the town again,
Children look up, all they hear is sky-blue, bells ringing

And the train conductor says
“Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We can reach our destination, but we’re still a ways away”

Way to shield the hated heat.
Way to put myself to sleep.
Way to shield the hated heat.
Way to put myself, my children to sleep.

He piloted this song in a plane like that one.
She is selling faith on the Go Tell crusade.
Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again.
Field to weed is lookin’ thin

And the train conductor says
“Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We’ve been on this shift too long.”
And the train conductor says
“Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We can reach our destination, but we’re still a ways away”

3 Official Releases

Driver 8 (Promotional 12” Single)
USA – L33-17034

Driver 8 (7” Single)
USA – IRS-52678

Driver 8 (Promotional 7” Single)
USA – IRS-52678

‘Driver 8′ is also available on

Live In Chicago (Promotional 7” Single)
JUKE BOX RECORDS LONDON (XL2)
released: unknown
Recorded: 7/7/84 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, 9/6/84 New Jersey

1. Femme Fatale
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Gardening At Night
4. Sitting Still
5. Pale Blue Eyes
6. So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
7. 9-9
8. Windout
9. Driver 8
10. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
11. Harborcoat
12. Hyena
13. Pretty Persuasion

Fables Of The Reconstruction (CD Album)
Netherlands – MAIN
released: unknown
Re-Issue

Blue (Bootleg LP)
SPLIFF001
released: unknown

1. Moral Kiosk
2. Driver 8
3. Hyena
4. Camera
5. Pilgrimage
6. Talk About The Passion
7. Seven Chinese Bros.
8. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
9. Pretty Persuasion
10. Gardening At Night
11. 9-9
12. Windout
13. Old Man Kensey
14. Radio Free Europe
15. Little America
16. Burning Down
17. Pale Blue Eyes
18. 1,000,000
19. So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
20. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)

Can’t Get There From Here (Bootleg LP)
KAXY 002
released: unknown
Recorded: Live at Hammersmith Palais Ballroom, London 10/28/85.

Documentary (Bootleg LP)
TRW 1914
released: unknown

1. Finest Worksong
2. These Days
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Exhuming McCarthy
5. Orange Crush
6. Feeling Gravitys Pull
7. King Of Birds
8. I Believe
9. Maps And Legends
10. Driver 8
11. Superman
12. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
13. Oddfellows Local 151
14. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
15. Begin The Begin
16. Strange
17. Ghost Riders
18. Cuyahoga
19. Fall On Me
20. Harpers
21. The One I Love
22. Crazy
23. Pop Song 89
24. Just A Touch
25. After Hours

Back To Rockville (Bootleg CD Album)
FLASHBACK 01-95-0247
released: unknown
Recorded at Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL 7/784, Arsenio Hall – 10/17/89, MTV Awards 9/2/93

1. Femme Fatale
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Gardening At Night
4. 9-9
5. Windout
6. Letter Never Sent
7. Sitting Still
8. Driver 8
9. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
10. Seven Chinese Bros.
11. Voice of Harold
12. Harborcoat
13. Hyena
14. Pretty Persuasion
15. Second Guessing
16. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
17. Stand
live recorded at: 1989-10-17 in Hollywood
18. Everybody Hurts
MTV Awards
19. Drive
MTV Awards

Ballroom Dancing (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded at Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL 7/7/84, SNL 1994.

1. Femme Fatale
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Gardening At Night
4. 9-9
5. Windout
6. Letter Never Sent
7. Sitting Still
8. Driver 8
9. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
10. Seven Chinese Bros.
11. Voice of Harold
12. Harborcoat
13. Hyena
14. Pretty Persuasion
15. Second Guessing
16. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
17. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
18. Bang And Blame
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
19. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
20. Hello In There

Boston 1984 (Bootleg CD Album)
MM 9116
released: unknown
Recorded 6/27/84, Seattle, WA

1. Moral Kiosk
2. Driver 8
3. Hyena
4. Camera
5. Pilgrimage
6. Talk About The Passion
7. Seven Chinese Bros.
8. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
9. Pretty Persuasion
10. Gardening At Night
11. 9-9
12. Windout
13. Old Man Kensey
14. Radio Free Europe
15. Little America
16. Burning Down
17. Pale Blue Eyes
18. 1,000,000
19. So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
20. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)

Bucketful of Worksongs (Bootleg CD Album)
92029/30
released: unknown
Recorded: Tracks 1-22 Utrecht Holland 9/14/87, Tracks 23-28 Werchter, July 1985

Buy The Sky, Sell The Sky (Bootleg CD Album)
DIRTY 13 VOL. 7
released: unknown

Collection 2000 (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown

1. Losing My Religion
2. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
3. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
4. Bang And Blame
5. 9-9
6. White Tornado
7. At My Most Beautiful
8. Can’t Get There From Here
9. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
10. Gardening At Night
11. Everybody Hurts
12. Drive
13. Fall On Me
14. Perfect Circle
15. Pretty Persuasion
16. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
17. Strange Currencies
18. The Flowers Of Guatemala
19. Driver 8
20. Why Not Smile

DISTURBANCES (Bootleg CD Album)
CA 784A
released: unknown
Recorded Live: Chicago 7/84.

Drive (Live 1985 – 1992) (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded: 1985- 1992

1. Losing My Religion
2. Drive
3. Radio Song
4. World Leader Pretend
5. Half A World Away
6. Man On The Moon
7. Everybody Hurts
8. Stand
9. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
10. Orange Crush
11. The One I Love
12. Driver 8
13. Red Rain
14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
15. Monty Got A Raw Deal
16. Country Feedback
17. Pop Song 89
18. Endgame
19. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Dynamic Live (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded 1987 and Oslo 12/6/84

From The Borderline (Bootleg CD Album)
France – RPCD 2038/2039
released: unknown
Recorded: The Borderline 3/15/91 and Shocking Club, Milan 3/22/91

Godzilla vs. REM’s Monster (Bootleg CD Album)
Germany – TR009
released: unknown
Recorded: 1-16: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL 7 July 1984., 17-19: Saturday Night Live, 12 Nov. 94. , 20: Scotland w/Billy Bragg, Natalie Merchant

Greatest Hits Live (Bootleg CD Album)
CHER-049-A
released: unknown
Various

1. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
2. The One I Love
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Pop Song 89
5. Orange Crush
6. Get Up
7. Stand
8. Losing My Religion
9. Shiny Happy People
10. Radio Song
11. Everybody Hurts
12. Drive
13. Radio Free Europe
14. Superman
15. Driver 8
16. Finest Worksong
17. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
18. Crush With Eyeliner
19. Bang And Blame

In The Wood (Bootleg CD Album)
BGS004
released: unknown
Recorded: 11/21/84 Rock City, Nottingham, UK

Losing My Religion Vol.1 (Bootleg CD Album)
BAN-042-A
released: unknown
Recorded: 9/14/87, Utrecht, Holland (First Half of Show)

Low (Bootleg CD Album)
Italy – TCD 28
released: unknown
Recorded: 3/22/91, Shocking Club, Milan, Italy

Monster Radio ’95 (Bootleg CD Album)
PD 075/076
released: unknown
Recorded: 7/30/95, Milton Keynes: + 10 Early Tracks

1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Crush With Eyeliner
3. Drive
4. Turn You Inside Out
5. Try Not To Breathe
6. I Took Your Name
7. Undertow
8. Bang And Blame
9. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
10. Strange Currencies
11. Revolution
12. Tongue
13. Man On The Moon
14. Country Feedback
15. Half A World Away
16. Losing My Religion
17. Pop Song 89
18. Finest Worksong
19. Get Up
20. Star 69
21. Let Me In
22. Everybody Hurts
23. Fall On Me
24. Departure
25. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
26. West Of The Fields
27. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
28. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
29. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
30. Sitting Still
31. Driver 8
32. 9-9
33. Windout
34. Pretty Persuasion
35. Radio Free Europe

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3 Official Releases

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