Motor Away

Taken from "Demons & Painkillers" 2003

"When you motor away beyond the once-red lips
When you free yourself from the chance of a lifetime
You can be anyone they told you to
You can belittle every little voice that told you so
And then the time will come when you add up the numbers
And then the time will come when you motor away
Oh, why don't you just drive away?

When you motor away down the icy streets
You can't lie to yourself that it's the chance of a lifetime
You can be anyone they told you to
You can belittle every little voice that told you so
And the time will come when you add up the numbers
And then the time will come when you motor away
Oh, why don't you just drive away?

Come on
Speed on"

A slightly different and gravelly version of the "Alien Lanes" classic. A bone-fide Guided By Voices classic (though I prefer the proper version). As close as GBV come to standard Indie Rock but a sound that captures the sound of American Independant Rock during the Grunge years. Not sure about the echoed vocals at the end but still a good version of a brilliant song. A song to drive cars to.