In Rush's drummer Neil Peart writes their lyrics, and is also an accomplished author. In his book Traveling Music, he explains that while he was out for a road trip, he overheard an elderly black couple who had just come off the road. The wife was on her husband's case for driving like a maniac, saying he was "workin' them angels," meaning he was pushing his luck.
Peart has mentioned his "daredevil" moments in all of his books, such as riding his bicycle "faster than safe speed" down a hill in West Africa, speeding and passing in traffic on his motorcycle in Ghost Rider and Roadshow. The lyrics in this song refer to these escapades.
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