David Allan Coe The Ride Lyrics

The Ride Lyrics

I was thumbing from Montgomery
I had my guitar on my back
When a stranger
stopped beside me in an antique Cadillac
He was dress like 1950
Half
drunk and hollow eyed
He said its a long walk to Nashville would you like a
ride son

Well I sat down in the front seat
He turned on the
radio
And them sad old songs coming outta them speakers was solid country
gold
Then I noticed the stranger was ghost white pale 
When I asked him
for a light
And I knew there was something strange about this
ride

Chorus
He said drifter can you make folks cry when you play and
sing
Have you paid your dues?
Can you moan the blues?
Can you bend
them guitar strings?
He said boy can you make folks feel what you feel
inside?
Cause if your big star bound let me warn you it's a long hard
ride

Well he cried just south of Nashville
And he turned that car
around
He said this is where you get off boy
I'm goin' back to
Alabam
And as I stepped outta that Cadillac
I said mister many
thanks
He said you don't have to call me mister mister
The whole world
calls me Hank

Chorus
He said drifter can you make folks cry when you
play and sing
Have you paid your dues?
Can you moan the blues?
Can you
bend them guitar strings?
He said boy can you make folks feel what you feel
inside?
Cause if your big star bound let me warn you it's a long hard ride