David Allan Coe - The Ride Lyrics






Well I was thumbin' from Montgomery had my guitar on my back
When a stranger stopped beside me in an antique Cadillac
Now he was dressed like 1950, half drunk and hollow-eyed
Said, "It's a long walk to Nashville, would you like a ride, son?"

Well I sat down in the front seat and 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 I'm goin' back to Alabam"
As I stepped out of that Cadillac I said, "Mr., many thanks"
He said, "You don't have to call me Mr., Mr.
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





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  1. J.... R....

    This is true Country, no matter what you thinkin. This is da heart of it

  2. G.... S....

    David Allen Coe is very unrated country singer he can sing real country with anybody

  3. R.... S....

    Don't worry country fans, country will make a comeback. Guys like Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, the red dirt scene. It'll most definitely make a comeback. Also remember Nu-Metal? Us metalheads had to deal with this pop/hip hop fad too.

  4. D.... H....

    best song ever

  5. T.... G....

    Classic 🤙🏼

  6. T.... M....

    2020 still listening, still American...

  7. D.... R....

    Damn I wish country would go back to this

  8. j.... ....

    ....."Drifter, you got a lotta competition out there. You got David Allen Coe, Jack Clark, Billie Joe Schaefer and you even got...you even got my son".!!

  9. R.... B....

    Earhart. 3

    R.... B....

    Earhart 3

  10. J.... D....

    my new favorite song

  11. J.... D....

    whos hereing this 2020

  12. B.... A....

    That a fact all of the thumbs down have to be Nazi Hillary lovers period !!

  13. J.... M....

    MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN !!!!

  14. N.... ....

    THIS is the type of country I love!

  15. S.... D....

    Soild Gold!!

  16. B.... L....

    Half drunk and hollow eyed lol

  17. S.... R....

    Let me just add what I see. Country songs should/used to tell stories, like this one. Alternatively they would celebrate loyalty, decency, work ethic. This one always gets me.

  18. A.... D....

    Aubrie ANNA

  19. M.... Y....

    Love you David Allen cole

  20. l.... h....

    💙💗💙.

  21. s.... ....

    Based on today's country, I'd say ole Hank retired the taxi service years ago.

    s.... ....

    Todays country? I wouldn't even call it that! Those days of REAL country music are long gone, lucky for some of us that got to experience that era

    s.... ....

    This comment wins!! 🤣

  22. f.... t....

    Pure country gold

  23. B.... F....

    imagine seeing DAC at Hanks grave writing this song

    B.... F....

    Let's do it!

  24. D.... E....

    "You don't have to call me Mr., Mr"...lived in Mobile county for 6 years and of course there's a Hank Williams museum near Montgomery, kinda creepy initially, due to the way Hank went out. Definetely worth seeing though, HW had such a big impact on country, as well as early rockabilly, he used his "ah shucks, country boy" upbringing, and really took it the extreme, basically telling his audience, "Yeah, I'm country, and here's the way, oh and I don't give a * if you like it (ok, he really did, of course he an d his band wanted to sell records and do shows just like any other band). DAC was somehow off spring of Hank!

  25. a.... a....

    The sale Earnhardt version is a lot better

  26. T.... 1....

    my kind of country. badass concert

  27. J.... B....

    The ride is about hank sr.

  28. G.... L....

    Fella you dont have to call me Mister, the whole world called me Hank!

  29. S.... P....

    Who is still rocking DAC in 2020?

  30. L.... S....

    A really good, old spooky country song. I've always loved this one.

  31. B.... D....

    Pretty sure 5.6k people don't even know who Hank is

  32. J.... W....

    this does remind me of a ride, i was just trying to get to work and it was 60o below in iowa. and a lincoln continental picked me up. his wife had a fur coat and he showed me a gold toothpick and it took decades before i knew what rhat meant. its a whole 'nother story.

  33. M.... F....

    My daddy GOD rest his soul turned me on to Hank Sr. When I was about 9 or 10 years old. I was mesmerized i thought Hank Sr. was totally awesome. And I was turned on to Marty Robbins, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. I was like damn best music ever. I even grew up on Rush and Kiss and so on but nothing touched my soul like the voices of Hank,Willie,Waylon, Jhonny Cash and Marty Robbins. Elpaso is probably one of my favorite songs of all time

  34. m.... ....

    ¿WhO eLsE sTiLl LiStEnInG iN 2039?

  35. D.... C....

    Ill never forgot going to a 4th of July party with my now ex and her mom played This in her (Ford Mustang manual) car then gunned it. I love country but hadn't heard this song before. It was quiet a day

  36. R.... R....

    There will never be another David Allen Cole

  37. D.... S....

    2020 and still my favorite song

  38. R.... S....

    Anybody here from Tyrone's Far West Inn in South Amherst, Ohio, in 2019, qlmost 2020?

  39. H.... W....

    Drinking whiskey in the back of that Cadillac on that New years Eve , they stopped in a Hotel and Dr was called. He gave Hank a shot.....they put him BACK in the Cadillac and that was Check out time, for Luke The Drifter.
    RIP old friend, You gave us your ALL! <3
    Have you paid your dues?

  40. T.... 1....

    If anyone sees this comment I’m drunk and let me tell you it’s 2020 New Year’s Eve and my dad raised me on David from a young age and I’m gonna drink till I die wild turkey and Jim beam are my best friends they never broke my heart like any women I’ve been with

    T.... 1....

    Give them time...

  41. M.... ....

    Omw to the deer lease you know this shit banging!

  42. B.... M....

    One of the best out there

  43. D.... D....

    The 5.9k that disliked this country gold can shove it.

    D.... D....

    you damn sure got that right Darrrell.

  44. D.... W....

    Drinking listening to REAL country music.

    D.... W....

    Real as it gets

  45. L.... H....

    this is the best

  46. A.... C....

    Good ol Kentucky boy still jammin it come on wif it one time !!!

  47. A.... L....

    This is pure country. If it don’t give you chills, it’s not worth a shit.

  48. G.... L....

    Awesome song , real country !!!

  49. g.... ....

    One of the greatest country songs ever but it didn't get the attention it deserved because of David Allan Coe's lifestyle. He was no worse than many of the greats.

  50. J.... B....

    Gawd dam

  51. L.... M....

    In mho, "The Ride" is one of the greatest country songs in history. And I go waaay back

    L.... M....

    I think that Alan Jackson's song Midnight In Montgomery was definitely inspired by this song.

  52. A.... H....

    All day everyday

  53. M.... D....

    Fuck bubblegum country !!!

  54. w.... j....

    IT"S SUMMER OF 1953JUST GOT BACK IN SHREAVEPORT

  55. w.... j....

    YEAH I REMEMBER DAVID YEAH IT"S ME OLE HANK WE WUZ THARE FRIEND

  56. j.... k....

    Laughing my ass off, I clicked on a song for Dayton Family & this comes up

  57. P.... ....

    Drifter can ya make folks cry.....RIP LUKE THE DRIFTER

  58. R.... H....

    Whos still playing in 2019

  59. A.... M....

    I listen to this when taking a dump. It just relaxes me. I just tell the toilet.... toilet....many thanks 🤠

  60. A.... S....

    Coe CD stays in my palyer 2019

  61. C.... V....

    My grandma drew this picture with a black train I love you wewe

  62. B.... S....

    Love 💝 this song this is real country music!!!!🎵🎵🎵🎵😀😀😀😀

  63. B.... E....

    I'm happy to say my pops raised me right I'm 19 and only listen to the old stuff I love this music all the outlaws RIP to the greats

  64. S.... D....

    When a stranger stopped beside me in an antique Cadillac

  65. R.... L....

    Foos gone wild

  66. Z.... R....

    When can we get more music like this damn I’m sick of this bubble gum shit

  67. N.... D....

    I'm 17, in the US army national guard, and David Allen Coe's coming to lansing, and I can't see him because I'm not 18. BRUH

  68. B.... D....

    When country was actually country

  69. l.... h....

    💙💗💙.

  70. b.... ....

    Jamey Johnson - - Kicked Outta of Country.

  71. A.... a....

    Who is gonna be listening in 2020

  72. M.... H....

    Thank god that some folks know what country really is!

  73. S.... J....

    God bless David Allen Coe!

  74. J.... B....

    NATASHA CLARK RIDE ALL ABOUT PERLS US COM FACE BOOK LIVE .BEST MOM CLARK.

  75. K.... Y....

    True story

  76. B.... S....

    Ghosts are out there. Rest In Peace Danny delatoba

  77. B.... R....

    Nov 2019. Best song ever

  78. J.... N....

    meet him with my son what a OUTLAW

  79. p.... b....

    Hell yeah

  80. d.... 9....

    Baby makin music

  81. D.... S....

    Still gives me chills 😃

  82. G.... C....

    how do i get away from these damned ads

    G.... C....

    Probably have to purchase Youtube Premium. Ads were placed on there by the license-holder.

  83. C.... ....

    #HalloweenCountry🎃

  84. L.... ....

    David Allan Coe ...... The Real Country Outlaw --------

  85. C.... P....

    5,400 people don’t want a damn ride I guess.

  86. E.... L....

    Best line of all time: "You don't have to call me Mr., Mr. The Whole Calls Me Hank"

    E.... L....

    Called.

  87. A.... M....

    makes, me
    love, listening,
    all over
    again zero;
    if ever
    never winning,
    over just
    wondering, how;
    I, got
    caught inside

  88. D.... A....

    🇺🇸👊🏻💥

  89. G.... T....

    👍🏻 DAC

  90. G.... J....

    I wasn't raised with country. I was raised too listen to good music from any genres and this is 1 of them 👍

  91. H.... M....

    It's a family tradition to pass on the country blues that make us feel what we feel inside. When they ask us why do we sing all night long. It's a family tradition. Hey Country fans.

  92. M.... F....

    Me love that song

  93. S.... F....

    Country music today is a joke long live real country music outlaw country

  94. B.... J....

    If you're big star bound let me warn ya it's a long hard ride

    B.... J....

    are you a male or female

    B.... J....

    I'm a man why?

    B.... J....

    @Big J Whitesmiles sound like a girl to me

    B.... J....

    you seem like a little bitch to me

  95. z.... ....

    if u comment saying your in 2019 your autistic


    whos from 2019?!?!?!?!

  96. t.... m....

    Sad but true it's life an real