I Drove All Night

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While this song was originally recorded by Roy Orbison in 1987, it wasn’t released at that time because, according to songwriter Billy Steinberg: Roy didn’t have a… Read More

Apr. 4, 19891 viewer15.1K views

I Drove All Night Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I had to escape
The city was sticky and cruel
Maybe I should have called you first
But I was dying to get to you
I was dreaming while I drove
The long straight road ahead, I

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Could taste your sweet kisses, your arms open wide
This fever for you is just burning me up inside

[Chorus]
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night
Crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep
To make love to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night

[Verse 2]
What in this world
Keeps us from tearing apart?
No matter where I go I hear
The beating of your heart
I think about you
When the night is cold and da-ah-ark

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[Pre-Chorus 2]
No one can move me the way that you do
Nothing erases the feeling between me and you

[Chorus]
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night
Crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep
To make love to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Could taste your sweet kisses, your arms open wide
This fever for you is just burning me up inside

[Chorus]
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night
Crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep
To make love to you
I drove all night

[Outro]
Taste your sweet kisses, your arms open wide
This fever for you is just burning me up inside
I drove all night...

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About

While this song was originally recorded by Roy Orbison in 1987, it wasn’t released at that time because, according to songwriter Billy Steinberg:

Roy didn’t have a recording contract at the time and (co-writer) Tom (Kelly) and I didn’t have the wherewithal to do anything with Roy Orbison’s version of the song.

After the massive success of Cyndi Lauper’s 1986 album True Colors, she approached Steinberg & Kelly, resulting in this 1989 version. It peaked at #6 in the US, #7 in the UK, and reached the top 40 in several other countries overseas. Lauper received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for this work.

Roy’s version was released in 1992. Celine Dion also famously took the song to #1 in Canada in 2003 (it reached #45 in the US).