The Ride - David Allan Coe

作词：J.B. Detterline Jr./Gary Gentry

作曲：J.B. Detterline Jr./Gary Gentry

Well I was thumbin' from Montgomery had my guitar on my back

When a stranger stopped beside me in an antique Cadillac

Now he was dressed like 1950 half drunk and hollow-eyed

Said It's a long walk to Nashville would you like a ride soon

Well I sat down in the front seat and turned on the radio

And them sad old songs comin' out of them

Speakers was solid country gold

Then I noticed the stranger was

Ghost-white pale when he asked me for a light

And I knew there was something strange about this ride

He said Drifter can ya make folks cry when you play and sing

Have you paid your dues can you moan the blues

Can you bend them guitar strings

He said Boy can you make folks feel what you feel inside

'Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya it's a long hard ride

Then he cried just south of Nashville and he turned that car around

He said This is where you get off boy I'm goin' back to Alabam

As I stepped out of that Cadillac I said Mr many thanks

He said You don't have to call me Mr Mr

The whole world called me Hank

He said Drifter can ya make folks cry when you play and sing

Have you paid your dues can you moan the blues

Can you bend them guitar strings

He said Boy can you make folks feel what you feel inside

'Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya it's a long hard ride

He said Drifter can ya make folks cry when you play and sing

Have you paid your dues can you moan the blues

Can you bend them guitar strings

He said Boy can you make folks feel what you feel inside

'Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya it's a long hard ride

If you're big star bound let me warn ya it's a long hard ride