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 [00:12.60]Well I was thumbin' from Montgomery [00:14.29] [00:15.28]Had my guitar on my back [00:16.65] [00:18.52]When a stranger stopped beside me [00:20.33]In an antique Cadillac [00:21.93] [00:23.10]Now he was dressed like 1950 [00:25.40] [00:26.00]Half drunk and hollow-eyed [00:28.15] [00:28.78]Said It's a long walk to Nashville [00:31.19]Would you like a ride son [00:33.18] [00:40.72]Well I sat down in the front seat [00:42.49] [00:43.25]And turned on the radio [00:44.82] [00:45.92]And them sad old songs comin' out of them [00:48.44]Speakers was solid country gold [00:50.70] [00:51.54]Then I noticed the stranger was [00:53.25]Ghost-white pale when he asked me for a light [00:56.20] [00:57.21]And I knew there was something strange about this ride [01:01.40] [01:02.82]He said Drifter can ya make folks [01:04.69]Cry when you play and sing [01:06.66] [01:08.54]Have you paid your dues [01:09.99]Can you moan the blues [01:11.39]Can you bend them guitar strings [01:13.80] [01:14.33]He said Boy can you make folks feel [01:16.62]What you feel inside [01:18.15] [01:19.87]'Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya [01:22.32]It's a long hard ride [01:23.78] [01:31.75]Then he cried just south of Nashville [01:33.92] [01:34.44]And he turned that car around [01:36.45] [01:37.32]He said This is where you get off boy [01:39.95] [01:40.73]'Cause I'm goin' back to Alabam [01:42.14] [01:43.95]As I stepped out of that Cadillac I said [01:47.39]Mr many thanks [01:48.96] [01:49.74]He said You don't have to call me Mr Mr [01:52.15]The whole world called me Hank [01:54.19] [01:54.77]He said Drifter can ya make folks cry [01:56.91]When you play and sing [01:58.40] [02:00.37]Have you paid your dues can you moan the blues [02:03.25]Can you bend them guitar strings [02:05.63] [02:06.27]He said Boy can you make folks feel [02:08.40]What you feel inside [02:09.92] [02:11.89]'Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya [02:14.21]It's a long hard ride [02:15.67] [02:17.65]He said Drifter can ya make folks cry [02:19.65]When you play and sing [02:21.36] [02:23.26]Have you paid your dues can you moan the blues [02:26.24]Can you bend them guitar strings [02:28.96]He said Boy can you make folks [02:30.68]Feel what you feel inside [02:32.73] [02:34.47]'Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya [02:36.83]It's a long hard ride [02:38.27] [02:40.52]If you're big star bound let me warn ya [02:42.41]It's a long hard ride