One More Ride

Johnny Cash

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
   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
   where there ain't no snow

   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