Brand New Driver Lyrics

You open the door

Slide on in behind that wheel

You click your seat belt on

And then you check those mirrors once more

It doesn't seem as though

It really oughta mean that much

Your mom's just sendin' you out

On a trip to the grocery store

But you've got to be careful

Stay safe all the way

You'll drive slow

And get home before five

Cause you're a brand new driver

On one of your very first drives

Your Dad drove you downtown

To the D.M.V. office

You passed the road test on the very same day

That you turned sixteen

Two weeks later your permanent license

Arrived in the mail

It was the coolest damned thing

That you had ever seen

You want to drive every minute

And go anywhere

You'd take your friends

But that wouldn't be wise

Cause you're a brand new driver

On one of your very first drives

Sometimes your Dad and your Mom,

They're both drivin' you crazy

For every new thing they let you do

They make a new rule

But you have to admit to yourself

If not yet to them

You really love that they gave you

That old car to drive in to school

Now you're taking her home in your car

And it's your first date

You make sure to turn down the sound

And park on the street

In the dark, with the engine turned off

And her arms around you

You're both warm, and she won't care

That you turned off the heat

But her curfew's eleven

And she can't be late

You walk her in

At ten fifty-five

Cause you're a brand new driver

On one of your very first drives

This will all be routine

In a couple more weeks

And for the rest of

The time you're alive

But you're a brand new driver

On one of your very first drives

You're a brand new driver

On one of your very first drives