Just take off your clothes and I'll drive you home I said   Knowing she never could pass on a dare   And knowing it sounded more desperate than reckless or bold   I just put it out there cold, too far gone to care      My eyes on the road, she slid herself down in the seat   And a vision of paradise swung into view   Across those five lanes not one driver glanced over to see   The beauty known only to me and a big rig or two      But on that freeway the light was receding   Her beauty, a sight so misleading   But I failed to hear the heart that was beating alone   On the naked ride home      With the trace of a smile and that defiant look in her eye   She hurtled through space in a world of her own   And turning aside my caress spoke of all that she'd not yet done   As if I was the doubting one who would have to be shown      But on that freeway the light was receding   Her beauty, a sight so misleading   But I failed to hear the heart that was beating alone   On the naked ride home      She gathered her clothes and ran through the yard in the dark   Up onto the porch like a flash and inside   Then one room at a time I watched every light in our house come on   Like the truth that would eventually dawn, forcing me to decide      But on that freeway the light was receding   Her beauty, a sight so misleading   But I failed to hear the heart that was beating alone   On the naked ride home