Driving in my Saab
on my way to Ireland
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
Drivin' with my friends
on my way to Ireland
it's been a long time
it's been a long time

So when I was out
in the desert
And a cowboy
tried to lasso me
He said you're red
and made of clay
a virgin portrait
I let him wake me
but decided not to stay

Driving in my Saab
on my way to Ireland
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
Drivin' with my friends
on my way to Ireland
it's been a long time
it's been a long time

Next in New York
I fell out with a dragon
Of the white collar kind
but just as ferocious
I remembered Macha
running faster than the horses
Then an encounter with
a voice that caressed me

Driving in my Saab
on my way to Ireland
It's been a long time
a long time
Drivin' with my friends
on my way to Ireland
it's been a long time
it's been a long time

Wasn't it you who
held off a surrender
To one spoiled nun
who taught you the names
of the mountains
on the moon
and then a Jesuit
proceeded to arrange your soul
while I prayed
on my knees

Driving in my Saab
on my way to Ireland
It's been a long time
a long time
Drivin' with my friends, yes
on my way to Ireland
it's been a long time
a long time
such a long, long time
it's been a long time
a long time