Ride Lyrics - Singles - Keen Robert Earl

(Robert Earl Keen/Bill Whitbeck) 

One day after twenty-five years 

Head of service at the local Sears 

Helen Walker put her pencil down and walked away 

And all they found was a little note 

'Adios' was all she wrote 

But as she left, someone heard her say 

"Gonna buy me a ticket to the end of the line 

Wanna feel the air, breathe the countryside 

As long as those wheels keep rollin', I'll be satisfied 

Gonna ride, ride, ride" 

Saturday night I was down at Joe's 

He was moppin' up gettin' ready to close 

He sat down and poured me one last brew 

And he said to me with a sideways glance 

"If I ever get the chance 

I'm gonna sell this joint, and this is what I'll do" 

"Gonna buy me a ticket to the end of the line 

Wanna feel the air, breathe the countryside 

As long as those wheels keep rollin', I'll be satisfied 

Gonna ride, ride, ride" 

I suppose I could stay 

In this little town 'til my dying day 

But in my heart I know I've gotta go 

So I'm standin' at the station waitin' for the train 

Don't know when I'll be back again 

Mr. Engineer, won't you let your whistle blow 

Got me a ticket to the end of the line 

Wanna feel the air, breathe the countryside 

As long as those wheels keep rollin', I'll be satisfied 

Gonna ride, ride, ride 

As long as those wheels keep rollin', I'll be satisfied 

Gonna ride, ride, ride 

Gonna ride, ride, ride