Sometimes You've Just Gotta Ride Lyrics - Chris Ledoux

His name was Twister he lived in the pasture 

Right down from my daddy's farm 

They say there's a cowboy who once tried to ride him 

Now he's mending fences with only one arm 

On my way home from school somehow he always knew 

Just when I'd come walking by 

And he'd stand at the gate like the keeper of fate 

And we both knew that one day I'd just have to ride 

Now one crack of dawn well I slipped my boots on 

And walked out towards that just rising sun 

My heart skipped a beat when I heard his four feet 

Pounding down on the red dirt like it was a drum 

He walked up against me as if to convince me 

His heart was easily tamed 

Then I came to staring up at the blue and the black 

With a handful of mane 

Well I thought he'd go one way but he went the other 

I'm lucky, I even survived 

You can't always sit on the fence while the world passes by 

Sometimes you just gotta ride 

Well, the years have gone by since that morning I climbed 

On that shadow that cut through the fields 

My shoulder still hurts when the weather turns worse 

Sometimes you find the strength in the wounds that don't heal 

Between horses and heartaches, women and mistakes 

I've been through more than I should 

But I strapped a saddle across every battle 

And held on as long as I could 

Well I thought he'd go one way but he went the other 

I'm lucky, I even survived 

You can't always sit on the fence while the world passes by 

Sometimes you just gotta ride 

Well I thought he'd go one way but he went the other 

I'm lucky, I even survived 

You can't always sit on the fence while the world passes by 

Sometimes you just gotta ride