David Allan Coe
Miscellaneous
The Ride (1983)
Well I was thumbing back from Montgomery with a guitar on my back
When a stranger pulled up beside me in an antique Cadillac
He was dressed like 1950 half drunk and hallow eyed
Its a long walk to Nashville would you like a ride son
He sat down in the front seat and turned on the radio
And them sad old songs coming 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 knew there was something strange about this ride
He said mister can you make folks cry when you play and sang
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 your big star bound let me warn you 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 cause I'm going back to Alabam
I stepped out of that Cadillac and I said mister many thanks
He said you don't have to call me mister, mister the whole world called me Hank
He said mister can you make folks cry when you play and sang
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 your big star bound let me warn you it’s a long hard ride
He said mister can you make folks cry when you play and sang
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 your big star bound let me warn you it’s a long hard ride
If your big star bound let me warn you it’s a long hard ride