By: Boz Scaggs

Well, the room is a cyclone

And you are in the eye

There ain't no movement

Things that could die

But the reelin' and the spinnin'

Of the rock and roll sides

Will all be gone before midnight

And die before sunrise



You better go to overdrive

Go to overdrive

If you know what it is

And you wanna stay alive

You better go to overdrive

Go to overdrive



Yes, the corner's full of monkeys

And your ear drum's full of lies

Time is out the window

And there's echoes in your sides

They've been burnin' down your walls

Ever since the peep of dawn

And now the dealer's in the fireplace

Tryin' to turn it on



You better go to overdrive

Go to overdrive

If you know that it's time

And you oughtta take a dive

You better go to overdrive

Go to overdrive



Go to overdrive

Go to overdrive

You know what it is

And you wanna stay alive

You better go to overdrive

Go to overdrive



Now the light road's gettin' restless

Cause he knows your overdue

But it's just another train ride

Bein' all the same to you

And the last shot's at your finger tips

Like that flicker in the grass

And the last cord hits the ashes

And you know you gotta pass



You better go to overdrive

Go to overdrive

If you know that it's time

And you oughtta take a dive

You better go to overdrive

Go to overdrive