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Keep Us On The Road Lyrics
We began at the beginning,
Moving high and moving fast,
Machine's clean, so sweet and mean,
Should have known it wouldn't last,
But when I took her clothes off
I thought she would explode,
Clutch another handful,
Kept Us On The Road
The black things came from nowhere,
But they couldn't beat the shield,
They flew across the highway,
But we smashed them in the field,
But when I made a suggestion
I thought she would explode,
Clutch another handful,
Keep Us On The Road
It was round about the third day,
I remember it so clear,
We came across a black night,
Naked, grinding fear,
And that was all we left there,
In concrete staring cold,
Clutch another handful,
Keep Us On The Road
I guess it's about traveling and the road, but I think it has a behind story I can't figure out... One of the best songs on the first record!
Having sex with a woman and doing drugs all day long, till withdrawal symptoms come in and then again do some more speed to "keep them on the road"
Possible allusions to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) ("the black things came from nowhere" - "Suddenly, there was a terrible roar all around us, and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car") and the film Vanishing Point (1971) in which the protagonist Kowalski takes handfuls of speed to deliver a Dodge Challenger whilst eluding the cops (footnote: Primal Scream covered the song 'Motorhead' on their Vanishing Point album)