David allan coe 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?"

I sat down in the front seat
He turned on the radio
And 'em sad old songs coming 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 something strange about this ride

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"

Then 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, "Mr. many thanks"
He said, "You don't have to call me Mr., Mr.
The whole world calls me Hank"

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"

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
If your big star bound let me warn you it's a long hard ride"

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 drunk and hollow-eyed
He said, "It's a long walk to Nashville
Would you like a ride, son?"

And I sat down in the front seat, he turned on the radio
And them sad old songs comin′ out of 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 something strange about this ride

He said, "Drifter, can ya 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 you're big star bound let me warn ya, it′s a long, hard ride"

Then he cried just south of Nashville
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"

He said, "Drifter, can ya 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 you′re big star bound let me warn ya, it's a long, hard ride"

He said, "Drifter, can ya 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 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

You know you got a lot of competition out there
Now the sound, it ain't like it was in the ′50s when I was here
And then you got Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
You got Clarke and Billy Joe Shaver and David Allan Coe
And you even got my son

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Well, I was thumbin' from Montgomery -
Had my guitar on my back -
When a stranger stopped beside me in an antique Cadillac.
He was dressed like 1950 - half drunk and hollow-eyed.
He said, "It's a long walk to Nashville. Would you like a ride, son?"
I sat down in the front seat. He turned on the radio,
And them sad old songs comin' out of 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 something strange about this ride.
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 you're big-star bound, let me warn you it's a long, hard ride."
Then he cried just south of Nashville 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'!"
He said, "Drifter, can you make folks cry when you play and sing?
Have you paid your dues?
Can you m-o-o-oan the Blues?
Can you bend them guitar strings?"
He said, "Boy, can you make folks feel what you feel inside?
'Cause if you're big-star bound, let me warn you it's a long, hard ride."
He said, " Drifter, can you make folks cry when you play and sing?
Have you paid your dues?
Can you m-o-o-oan the Blues?
Can you bend them guitar strings?"
He said, "Boy, can you make folks feel what you feel inside?
'Cause if you're big-star bound, let me warn you it's a long, hard ride."
If you're big-star bound, let me warn you it's a long, hard ride.

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Is the song The Ride true?

The song is more based in reality than you might think — that is, if you believe the story told by songwriter Gary Gentry. He told the story of writing "The Ride" at 4 a.m. — and seeing the ghost of Williams sitting shirtless on his couch — to Bart Herbison of Nashville Songwriters Association International.

What is David Allan Coe's most famous song?

David Allan Coe – “Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile” Johnny Cunningham provided Coe with the lyrics that would provide the singer with his biggest hit, peaking at No. 2 in the spring of 1984 with this winning ballad that compared the song's subject to the classic painting from Da Vinci.

How old is David Allen Coe?

83 years (September 6, 1939)David Allan Coe / Agenull