Stay on the Ride

Lyrics

Little old man
 Little old man staring down the road
 Waiting on the bus
 He's getting kinda cold
 Bus finally gets there
 He got nowhere to sit down
 And the driver said
 "You can stand right here behind me
 Or wait for the next one to come around"
 And the old man says, "That's okay, I'll stand
 I might look like a little old man to you
 But I've been riding this bus for years and years and years
 I don't even know where it's going to"
 And the driver says, "You don't know where this bus is going to?"
 Old man says, "No, I don't, do you?"
 Driver says, "you don't know where this bus is going to?"
 Old man says, "I just want it to get me through
 Hey, I'm staying on the ride, it's gonna take me somewhere
 Staying on the ride, it's gonna take me somewhere
 Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere"
 The bus is rolling along
 Outside it's looking kinda strange
 The earth is shaking, the clouds are breaking
 Everything is blue where it was gray
 A thousand rivers flood
 Over fields of snow
 The driver looks back in the mirror for the old man
 "Where did he go? Where did he go?"
 Oh, there he is
 Hey, old man, old man, old man, you still don't know?"
 And the old man says, "No, I don't son, but I'm happy to go"
 Hey, "I'm staying on the ride, it's gonna take me somewhere"
 Hey, he said, "I'm staying on the ride, it's gonna take me somewhere
 Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere"
 "I was born with no name, knowing nothing, still I don't"
 Somebody said, "You need a name, I'm gonna give you a name"
 And I said, "No, you won't" I said, "No, you won't" oh
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 "You can let me off here, son, thank you for the ride"
 And the driver said, "This is the middle of nowhere, sir"
 He pulls off to the side
 And the old man says, "It might look that way to you, maybe it is"
 Old man says, "It might look that way to you, son, maybe it is"
 And he says, "Stay on the ride, it's gonna take you somewhere"
 Hey, hey, he said, "Stay on the ride, it's gonna take you somewhere
 Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere"
 It always takes you somewhere, gonna take you somewhere
 It always takes you somewhere, gotta take you somewhere
 It always takes you somewhere, gonna take you somewhere
 It always takes you somewhere, gonna take you somewhere
 

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Song Details

Duration
05:17
Key
6
Tempo
104 BPM

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