The Ride-David Allan Coe

[ti:The Ride] [ar:David Allan Coe] [al:For The Record- The First 10 Years] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ride - David Allan Coe [00:06.20]Written by：Gary Gentry/J.B. Detterline Jr. [00:12.41]Well I was thumbing from Montgomery [00:13.91] [00:15.11]Had my guitar on my back [00:16.40] [00:18.29]When a stranger stopped beside me in an antique Cadillac [00:21.71] [00:23.08]He was dressed like 1950 half drunk and hollow eyed [00:27.84] [00:28.58]Said it's a long walk to Nashville would you like a ride son [00:32.84] [00:40.62]Well I sat down in the front seat and turned on the radio [00:44.66] [00:45.70]And them sad old songs coming out of them speakers was solid country gold [00:50.46] [00:51.38]Then I noticed the stranger was ghost white pale [00:54.39]When he asked me for a light [00:55.97] [00:57.07]And I knew there was something strange about this ride [01:01.08] [01:02.57]He said [01:03.10]Drifter can you make folks cry when you play and sing [01:06.43] [01:08.56]Have you paid your dues can you moan the blues [01:11.10]Can you bend them guitar strings [01:14.15]He said boy can you make folks feel what you feel inside [01:17.88] [01:19.85]Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya [01:22.20]It's a long hard ride [01:23.47] [01:31.55]Then he cried just south of Nashville [01:33.70] [01:34.43]And he turned that car around [01:36.14] [01:37.05]He said [01:37.88]This is where you get off boy I'm goin' back to Alabama [01:41.90] [01:43.78]As I stepped out of that Cadillac I said Mr. Many thanks [01:48.63] [01:49.48]He said you don't have to call me mister mister [01:51.87]The whole world called me hank [01:54.53]He said [01:54.90]Drifter can you make folks cry when you play and sing [01:58.37] [02:00.40]Have you paid your dues can you moan the blues [02:02.88]Can you bend them guitar strings [02:06.02]He said boy can you make folks feel what you feel inside [02:09.64] [02:11.73]Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya [02:14.08]It's a long hard ride [02:15.40] [02:17.43]He said [02:17.82]Drifter can you make folks cry when you play and sing [02:21.03] [02:23.16]Have you paid your dues can you moan the blues [02:25.88]Can you bend them guitar strings [02:28.71]He said boy can you make folks feel what you feel inside [02:32.43] [02:34.43]Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya [02:36.69]It's a long hard ride [02:37.95] [02:40.28]If you're big star bound let me warn ya it's a long hard ride