The Ride

The Ride - Chris Ledoux (克里斯-勒多克斯)

Written by：Sam Weedman

I was six years old

My brother was ten

One July day came running in

Seen a ferris

Wheel at the edge of town

So of course

We headed on down

Well it took us an

Hour to walk that far

Carrying our fortune in a mason jar

It was all pretty sad

A cheap county fair

With a few old rides

But there was ponies there

Well the ponies stunk

And the air was still

In that dusty circle

Behind the ferris wheel

This old guy smelling of

Smoke and rum

Swung me up and

Sat me down on one

Well I'd never rode a horse

But I'd seen it done

Cowboy movies made

It look like fun

This old man whispered

A few soft words

It was the best

Advice I've ever heard

He said sit tall in the saddle

Hold your head up high

Keep your eyes fixed

Where the trail meets the sky

And live like you ain't afraid to die

And don't be scared just enjoy your ride

I went up a kid with shaking hands

And I came down a full grown man

It was like he'd cast some voodoo spell

Things were different for me now I could tell

'Cos whenever

Troubles come wandering in

His rhyme would

Pop in my head again

And somehow I rode

Through the needles and nails

Brambles and

Thorns that life entails

He said sit tall in the saddle

Hold your head up high

Keep your eyes fixed

Where the trail meets the sky

And live like you ain't afraid to die

And don't be scared just enjoy your ride

Well I know some

Day farther down the road

I'll come to the edge

Of the great unknown

There'll stand a black horse riderless

And I wonder if I'm ready for this

So I'll saddle him up

And he'll switch his tail

And I'll tip my hat and bid fairwell

And lift my song into the air

That I learned at that dusty fair

Sit tall in the saddle

Hold your head up high

Keep your eyes fixed

Where the trail meets the sky

And live like you ain't afraid to die

And don't be scared

Just enjoy your ride

Now don't be scared

Just enjoy your ride