Drive by Spirit — A vintage car rolls through a golden Merced street as a benevolent current of light, birds and flowering vines sweeps past a wondering adult pedestrian

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Drive by Spirit

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

Spiritual awakening arrives in the language of street life, music and an unexpected call. Biblical figures and everyday images mingle as the voice invites listeners to recognize grace within themselves and carry love outward. Forgiveness becomes a reason to help someone else change direction and make it through the night.

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Recorded versions

3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

Drive by Spirit

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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DRIVE BY SPIRIT

Drive by Spirit
You’re never gonna hear it
Unless you got a way to keep the beat
Drive by spirit
You don’t have to fear it
If you’re out here living on the street

Like brother Paul
On the road to Damascus
We’ll be answering the call
Just got to ask us
To step across the line
In the name of the Divine
And fight for what is right
When we’re blinded by the Light

If you hear me calling you
You’ll recognize my name
You’ll know my face; you’ll know my Grace
You’ll want to play my game

Drive by Spirit
Don’t ya wanna hear it
Man, we’re getting’ near it
Every time we turn around
Drive by Spirit
You don’t have to fear it
We will all be dancin’
When the Sun goes down
I’m the joker in the deck
The Captain of the sunken wreck
The music when the sun goes down
Mary in her wedding gown
I’m the fresco on the wall
My last supper one and all
If I ring pick up my call
Calling from a manger stall

First you see me, you’re brand new
Know I live inside of you
Born again right through the end
Let me be your gentle friend

Drive by Spirit
You don’t have to clear it
You don’t need permission
Send your love around
Drive by Spirit
I made you a winner
Find another sinner, turn his life around

And you’ll fly, fly away
To a new and brighter day
No walls to block your way
Come and go or come and stay
With your head up in the sky
And your feet upon the ground
A song inside your heart
That plays without a sound

God says He forgives you
For everything you’ve done
For all the wrong and all the right
Why he blinds you with The Light
Close your eyes, begin to rise
The morning star brings the sunrise
Sweep the stardust from your eyes
Wake before you realize

Drive by Spirit
Turn around all right
Drive by Spirit
You’ll make it through the night
Drive by Spirit
Everything will be all right
Drive by Spirit
Blinded by the light….
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