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title: "don't drive sleepy"

meaning: "Island-drive lull: zoning on the bay road, eyes open on sunshine: call your person awake, laugh, pull up home."

year: 2024
release: "I"
releaseType: "album"

artist: "Scoobert Doobert"
artistId: "#scoobert"

credits: "Written, performed, and mixed by Luke Francis Walton. Mastered by Riley Knapp. Artwork by Grizzard Graphics."

apple: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-drive-sleepy/1734387671?i=1734387738"
spotify: "https://open.spotify.com/album/2O9X06yNiwLSJbL8MLGC49"

themes: ["driving", "love", "island", "safety", "I"]

isrc: QZHN32444128
isrcSource: soundexchange
lyrics: |
  Driving all around my island
  Everyday I'm driving
  Cruising by the bay
  My lighthouse shining on the water
  Misty little morning
  Will you light my way?

  I'm zoning zoning out
  Yeah, I'm drifting
  I'm drifting all about, ooo

  Driving, sun is always shining
  Trying to keep my eyes wide open on the road
  Put on my glasses
  Cozy as molasses
  Calling up my baby
  Love me back awake

  I'm laughing
  You pick me up
  And we're laughing
  And soon I'm pulling up
  Home to you

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Track seven on [*I*](/albums/i/), the drowsy-drive song that's also a love song. The title is the PSA, the verses are the confession: island loop, lighthouse on the water, the slide into *zoning zoning out*. The danger is comfort itself, *cozy as molasses*. The fix isn't caffeine, it's *calling up my baby* to *love me back awake*, a partner's voice as stimulant. The outro is the arrival it buys: laughing, *soon I'm pulling up / home to you*.

On an album built from train rides, hikes, and coastal motion, this is the small-circle version: island loop, partner on the phone, home as endpoint. Pairs with [*omw*](/songs/omw/) as the *I* travel-love spine.

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