The Ride-David Allan Coe

[ti:The Ride] [ar:David Allan Coe] [al:The Essential David Allan Coe] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ride - David Allan Coe [00:12.42]Well I was thumbin' from Montgomery [00:14.11] [00:15.10]Had my guitar on my back [00:16.47] [00:18.34]When a stranger stopped beside me [00:20.15]In an antique Cadillac [00:21.75] [00:22.92]Now he was dressed like 1950 [00:25.22] [00:25.82]Half drunk and hollow-eyed [00:27.97] [00:28.60]Said It's a long walk to Nashville [00:31.01]Would you like a ride son [00:33.00] [00:40.54]Well I sat down in the front seat [00:42.31] [00:43.07]And turned on the radio [00:44.64] [00:45.74]And them sad old songs comin' out of them [00:48.26]Speakers was solid country gold [00:50.52] [00:51.36]Then I noticed the stranger was [00:53.07]Ghost-white pale when he asked me for a light [00:56.02] [00:57.03]And I knew there was something strange about this ride [01:01.22] [01:02.64]He said Drifter can ya make folks [01:04.51]Cry when you play and sing [01:06.48] [01:08.36]Have you paid your dues [01:09.81]Can you moan the blues [01:11.21]Can you bend them guitar strings [01:13.62] [01:14.15]He said Boy can you make folks feel [01:16.44]What you feel inside [01:17.97] [01:19.69]'Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya [01:22.14]It's a long hard ride [01:23.60] [01:31.57]Then he cried just south of Nashville [01:33.74] [01:34.26]And he turned that car around [01:36.27] [01:37.14]He said This is where you get off boy [01:39.77] [01:40.55]'Cause I'm goin' back to Alabam [01:41.96] [01:43.77]As I stepped out of that Cadillac I said [01:47.21]Mr many thanks [01:48.78] [01:49.56]He said You don't have to call me Mr Mr [01:51.97]The whole world called me Hank [01:54.01] [01:54.59]He said Drifter can ya make folks cry [01:56.73]When you play and sing [01:58.22] [02:00.19]Have you paid your dues can you moan the blues [02:03.07]Can you bend them guitar strings [02:05.45] [02:06.09]He said Boy can you make folks feel [02:08.22]What you feel inside [02:09.74] [02:11.71]'Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya [02:14.03]It's a long hard ride [02:15.49] [02:17.47]He said Drifter can ya make folks cry [02:19.47]When you play and sing [02:21.18] [02:23.08]Have you paid your dues can you moan the blues [02:26.06]Can you bend them guitar strings [02:28.78]He said Boy can you make folks [02:30.50]Feel what you feel inside [02:32.55] [02:34.29]'Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya [02:36.65]It's a long hard ride [02:38.09] [02:40.34]If you're big star bound let me warn ya [02:42.23]It's a long hard ride