The Ride-Chris Ledoux

[ti:The Ride] [ar:Chris Ledoux] [al:Horsepower] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ride - Chris Ledoux (克里斯-勒多克斯) [00:03.18]Written by：Sam Weedman [00:06.36]I was six years old [00:07.28] [00:08.21]My brother was ten [00:08.85] [00:09.79]One July day came running in [00:11.88] [00:12.65]Seen a ferris [00:13.30]Wheel at the edge of town [00:14.88] [00:15.65]So of course [00:16.13] [00:17.24]We headed on down [00:17.89] [00:20.60]Well it took us an [00:21.39]Hour to walk that far [00:22.80] [00:24.15]Carrying our fortune in a mason jar [00:25.96] [00:27.21]It was all pretty sad [00:28.05]A cheap county fair [00:29.27] [00:30.19]With a few old rides [00:31.14]But there was ponies there [00:32.24] [00:37.93]Well the ponies stunk [00:39.11]And the air was still [00:40.66]In that dusty circle [00:41.64] [00:42.45]Behind the ferris wheel [00:43.31] [00:44.54]This old guy smelling of [00:45.79]Smoke and rum [00:46.42] [00:47.83]Swung me up and [00:48.76]Sat me down on one [00:49.87] [00:52.08]Well I'd never rode a horse [00:53.47]But I'd seen it done [00:54.50] [00:56.11]Cowboy movies made [00:56.80]It look like fun [00:57.62] [00:58.85]This old man whispered [00:59.82]A few soft words [01:00.72] [01:02.00]It was the best [01:02.80]Advice I've ever heard [01:03.67] [01:06.22]He said sit tall in the saddle [01:07.63] [01:08.61]Hold your head up high [01:09.68] [01:11.86]Keep your eyes fixed [01:12.97] [01:14.24]Where the trail meets the sky [01:15.96] [01:19.19]And live like you ain't afraid to die [01:22.28] [01:24.73]And don't be scared just enjoy your ride [01:28.97] [01:34.66]I went up a kid with shaking hands [01:37.08] [01:38.31]And I came down a full grown man [01:40.24] [01:41.09]It was like he'd cast some voodoo spell [01:43.21] [01:44.22]Things were different for me now I could tell [01:45.96] [01:48.81]'Cos whenever [01:49.67]Troubles come wandering in [01:51.68] [01:52.30]His rhyme would [01:52.97]Pop in my head again [01:54.13] [01:55.53]And somehow I rode [01:56.23] [01:56.75]Through the needles and nails [01:57.94] [01:58.85]Brambles and [01:59.29]Thorns that life entails [02:00.66] [02:03.08]He said sit tall in the saddle [02:04.27] [02:05.48]Hold your head up high [02:06.33] [02:08.72]Keep your eyes fixed [02:09.84] [02:10.99]Where the trail meets the sky [02:12.80] [02:16.08]And live like you ain't afraid to die [02:19.16] [02:21.49]And don't be scared just enjoy your ride [02:25.32] [02:31.51]Well I know some [02:32.56]Day farther down the road [02:34.84]I'll come to the edge [02:35.80]Of the great unknown [02:36.35] [02:38.17]There'll stand a black horse riderless [02:39.84] [02:41.49]And I wonder if I'm ready for this [02:43.27] [02:45.70]So I'll saddle him up [02:46.82]And he'll switch his tail [02:48.61]And I'll tip my hat and bid fairwell [02:51.27] [02:52.42]And lift my song into the air [02:54.37] [02:55.57]That I learned at that dusty fair [02:57.46] [03:00.97]Sit tall in the saddle [03:02.29] [03:03.25]Hold your head up high [03:04.17] [03:06.53]Keep your eyes fixed [03:07.50] [03:08.92]Where the trail meets the sky [03:10.73] [03:13.86]And live like you ain't afraid to die [03:17.07] [03:19.40]And don't be scared [03:20.27] [03:22.12]Just enjoy your ride [03:23.35] [03:25.44]Now don't be scared [03:26.18] [03:28.50]Just enjoy your ride