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Steve Louw – Driving Through The Night

A road song: a song of longing to get back from solitude, back home. Risking it all on a dangerous all-night drive, the driver has to keep going, has to get to love. Written from the point of view of a sleep-deprived vagabond, we are in his netherworld, reaching out for love.

Steve Louw
Thunder And Rain, produced by Kevin Shirley, released on 11th November 2022.
Thunder And Rain, produced by Kevin Shirley, released on 11th November 2022.

Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician, Steve Louw, active since 1981, is recognised as one of the most respected and accomplished talents in the South African music industry.

Thunder And Rain, produced by Kevin Shirley, was released on 11th November 2022.

Steve Louw | credit: Jacqui Van Staden
Steve Louw | credit: Jacqui Van Staden

New Video: Steve Louw – Driving Through The Night

Steve Louw – Driving Through The Night

The official video for “Driving Through The Night”, created by Jacqui Van Staden and Kian Eriksen.

Written by Steve Louw.

From the album “Thunder And Rain“, released 11 November 2022.

Produced by Kevin Shirley.

Stream/download “Thunder And Rain” album:
https://orcd.co/SteveLouwThunderAndRain

STEVE LOUW ONLINE
https://stevelouw.com/
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https://twitter.com/stevelouwmusic
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NOTES ON THE SONG
by Steve Louw

A road song: a song of longing to get back from solitude, back home. Risking it all on a dangerous all-night drive, the driver has to keep going, has to get to love.

Written from the point of view of a sleep-deprived vagabond, we are in his netherworld, reaching out for love.

LYRICS

I’m driving through the night
To get back to you
Me and these headlights
Trying to get through
Got to keep on going
Got to stay awake
Got to get to you
Before the day breaks.

Be back in your street
I’ll be back in your head
I’ll be back in the heat
Baby, back in your bed.

I’ll be with you when you open your eyes
I see you in the night sky
Keep it together, and keep on going
All I hear is the engine’s moan.

Open my eyes to a truck engine roar
Following the lights leading to your door
If I don’t stop now, I might not get to you
I’ve gotta beat the clock, I’ve gotta get through.

Be back in your street
Back in your head
I’ll be back in the heat
Baby, back in your bed.

Be with you when you open your eyes
I see you in the night sky
Keep it together, keep on going
All I hear is the engine’s moan.

See a flashing light, roadblock up ahead
Gonna hang a right, take a two-track instead
I gotta get to you, it’s been too long
I gotta get through before the night is gone.

Be back in your sheets
I’ll be back in your head
I’ll be back in the heat
Baby, back in your bed.

Be with you when you open your eyes
I see you in the night sky
Keep it together, keep on going
All I hear is this engine’s moan.

A VW bus, not the fastest thing around
If I don’t get bust, I’ll see you while the sun is down
If I can get through, I’ll be back in town
Be back in your room before anyone’s around.

Back in your sheets
Back in your head
I’ll be back in the heat
Baby, back in your bed.

Keep it together, keep on going
All I hear is the engine’s moan
Be with you when you open your eyes
I see you in the night sky.

Driving through the night
To the daylight
Through the headlights
To daylight.

Steve Louw One-Hour Feature on WMKY (Morehead State Public Radio), 17th February 2023

WMKY (Morehead State Public Radio in the USA) will be doing a 1 hour Steve Louw feature, playing 7 tracks from the new album, Thunder And Rain and tracks from the previous album, Headlight Dreams, with commentary from Steve’s bio.   The shows will air February 17th at 8pm Eastern and then again on February 18th at 3pm Eastern.   The station is streaming at wmky.org.  WMKY is based in Morehead KY and covers the Lexington KY area. 

New Video, Take Me Down from Steve Louw, launched today!

Steve Louw – Take Me Down

The official video for “Take Me Down”, created by Jacqui Van Staden and Kian Eriksen.

Written by Steve Louw.

From the album “Thunder And Rain“, released 11 November 2022.

Produced by Kevin Shirley.

Stream/download “Thunder And Rain” album:
https://orcd.co/SteveLouwThunderAndRain

STEVE LOUW ONLINE
https://stevelouw.com/
https://instagram.com/stevelouw/
https://twitter.com/stevelouwmusic
https://facebook.com/stevelouwmusic/
https://sptfy.com/stevelouw
https://apple.co/3iKTV9g

NOTES ON THE SONG
by Steve Louw

A 1964 Epiphone Casino guitar gave me the gift of this song. The intro riff played high on the neck, sounding ‘Beatlesque’, led me to the chord changes and chorus.

A song of endings and beginning of solace in solitude, of joy in the future, of hope, resilience, and anticipation for the future.

LYRICS

Five in the morning
I’m out of my head
I can hear voices calling
People I thought were dead
And it’s alright, you know
When you’re down on your knees
I can see the light
Coming up on the trees.

Take me down, down, down
Down to the ground
You got to count me down
Count me down, but don’t count me out
Count me down to the ground.

Hey, I got to say, it’s gonna be OK
Hey, I got to say, it’s gonna be OK.

One more piece to make a picture
‘Til you can say yes
I think you know the one
I’m sure you can guess
Yeah, the love you feel
That’s been laid at your gate
Oh, you know, you know it’s real
You can feel the weight.

You gotta take me down, down, down
Take me down to the ground, yeah, yeah
Count me down, count me down, yeah
Don’t count me out, down, down.

I said hey, I want to say hey
It’s gonna be OK, it’s gonna be OK
I got to say, it’s gonna be OK
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh yeah, yeah.

‘Cause I’ll take the hours
I’m watching the trees
Or the flowers
Around the bees
Or that picture, anything I please
It’s alright, it’s OK, ‘cause I’m gonna be
I’m, I’m gonna be, I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be free, yeah, yeah.

You got to take me down, down, down
You can take me down, down, down not out
Just count me down, down, down to the ground
Take me down, take me rolling round.

I said hey, I got to say
It’s gonna be OK
I got to say, you gonna be OK
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You can hear it now, it’s gonna be
You got to be, yeah free, oh yeah
Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be
You gonna be, yeah, yeah, free
I got to say, it’s gonna be OK
I got to say, gonna be OK
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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