One More Ride

1. I long for a trip,

I don't need no grip,

I'm takin' one more ride

'Way out there

in the prarie air

I guess it's in my hide

Oh, the clickety clack

of the railroad track

E7

is callin'

If a man could know

where the Santa Fe goes

when she gets under steam

And the big round bell

that bongs farewell

Could hear her whistle scream

He's bound to go

E7

where there ain't no snow

a-fallin'

One more ride, one more ride

2. I miss the gloom

of the prarie moon

that seemed to know my name

and the tumbleweed

where the prarie dog feed,

I miss them just the same

They're all a part

of my song at heart

I'm singin'

I recall a tune

that I sang to the moon

and it seemed to make it smile

And I rode away

at the close of day

and I stayed so long, awhile

But I long to be

where the memory is ringin'

One more ride, one more ride

3. As the years go by,

I wonder why

I long to leave my home

And I hit the trail

of the iron rail

away out there alone

But my heart just sighed

'till I know that

I am leavin'

If I don't come back

on a one-way track

way down from Mexico

You can find me there

or any old where

that a tumbleweed will grow

It's goodbye now,

you'll never know

how I'm grievin'

One more ride, one more ride