David Allan Coe The Ride Lyrics:

Well, I was thumbin' from Montgomery,
I had my guitar on my back,
When a stranger stopped beside me,
In an antique cadillac.
He was dressed like 1950,
Half [bad word] and hollow-eyed,
He said, "It's a long walk to Nashville,
Would ya like to ride, son?"

I sat down in the front seat,
He turned on the radio.
And them sad ol' [bad word]  outta them speakers,
Was solid Country gold.
Then I noticed the stranger was,
Ghost white pale when he asked me for a light.
And I knew there was somethin' strange about this ride.

He said, "Drifter, can ya make folks cry when ya play and sing?
Have ya paid your dues? Can ya moan the blues?
Can ya bend them guitar strings?"
He said, "Boy, can make folks feel what ya feel inside,?
'Cause if you're big star bound,
Let me warn ya, it's a long, hard ride."

Then he cried just south of Nashiville.
And he turned that car around.
He said, "This is where you get off, boy,

'Cause I'm goin back to Alabam'."
As I stepped out of that Cadillac,
I said, "Mister, many thanks."
He said, "You don't have to call me mister, mister,
The whole world called me Hank [2] ."

He said, "Drifter, can ya make folks cry when ya play and sing?
Have ya paid your dues? Can ya moan the blues?
Can ya bend them guitar strings?"
He said, "Boy, can make folks feel what ya feel inside,?
'Cause if you're big star bound,
Let me warn ya, it's a long, hard ride."

He said, "Drifter, can ya make folks cry when ya play and sing?
Have ya paid your dues? Can ya moan the blues?
Can ya bend them guitar strings?"
He said, "Boy, can make folks feel what ya feel inside,?
'But if you're big star bound,
Let me warn ya, it's a long, hard ride."

"If you're big star bound,
Let me warn ya, it's a long, hard ride."


[THE RIDE]
[Written by: J.B. Detterline, Jr. & Gary Gentry
Perfomed By: David Allan Coe [1]
Appears on: [bad word] s Jukebox Vol. 2 (Various Artists)-1974, For The
Record-1985, Super Hits-1993, Best of the Best-1995, [bad word]  Outlaw-1996,
Castles in the Sand/Once Upon a Rhyme-1999, Live at the Iron Horse
Saloon-2002, Live at Billy Bob's Texas-2003 & 2007, et al.]

[1] Covered by: Tim McGraw.]

[2] Refers to Hank Williams, Sr.]