Ride (Full)
I was in the winter of my life,and the men I met along the roadwere my only summer.At night I fell asleep with visions of myself,dancing and laughing and crying with them.Three years down the lineof being on an endless world tour,and my memories of them werethe only things that sustained me,and my only real happy times.I was a singer, not a very popular one.I once had dreams of becoming a beautiful poet,but upon an unfortunate series of eventssaw those dreams dashed and dividedlike a million stars in the night skythat I wished on over and over again,sparkling and broken.But I didn't really mind because I knew that it takesgetting everything you ever wanted, and then losing itto know what true freedom is.When the people I used to know found outwhat I had been doing, how I'd been living,they asked me why, but there's no usein talking to people who have home.They have no idea what it's liketo seek safety in other people, for home to bewherever you lay your head.I was always an unusual girl.My mother told me I had a chameleon soul,no moral compass pointing due north,no fixed personality.Just an inner indecisiveness that wasas wide and as wavering as the ocean.And if I said I didn't plan for itto turn out this way I'd be lying.Because I was born to be the other woman.Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone.Who had nothing, who wanted everything,with a fire for every experienceand an obsession for freedom that terrified meto the point that I couldn't even talk about it,and pushed me to a nomadic point of madnessthat both dazzled and dizzied me.
I've been out on that open roadYou can be my full time daddy,White and goldSinging blues has been getting oldYou can be my full time baby,Hot or cold
Don't break me downI've been travelin' too longI've been trying too hardWith one pretty song
I hear the birds on the summer breeze,I drive fast, I am alone in midnightBeen tryin' hard not to get into trouble,But I, I've got a war in my mindSo, I just ride, just ride,I just ride, just ride
Dying young and I'm playing hardThat's the way my father made his life an artDrink all day and we talk 'til darkThat's the way the road dogs do it – ride 'til dark.
Don't leave me nowDon't say goodbyeDon't turn aroundLeave me high and dry
I hear the birds on the summer breeze,I drive fast, I am alone in midnightBeen tryin' hard not to get into trouble,But I, I've got a war in my mindI just ride, just ride,I just ride, just ride
I'm tired of feeling like I'm fucking crazyI'm tired of driving 'til I see stars in my eyesIt's all I've got to keep myself sane, babySo I just ride, I just ride
I hear the birds on the summer breeze,I drive fast, I am alone in midnightBeen tryin' hard not to get into trouble,But I, I've got a war in my mindI just ride, just ride,I just ride, I just ride
Every night I used to praythat I'd find my people, and finally I didon the open road.We had nothing to lose, nothing to gain,nothing we desired anymore,except to make our lives into a work of art.Live fast. Die young. Be wild. And have fun.I believe in the country America used to be.I believe in the person I want to become.I believe in the freedom of the open road.And my motto is the same as ever:"I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I'm at war with myself I ride, I just ride."Who are you?Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies?Have you created a life for yourself whereyou can experience them?I have.I am fucking crazy.But I am free.