Let It Ride

These are just the simple facts

I will relate to you

Though they are not connected

Each and every one is true

If they seem a bit untidy

Well, unraveling them is fun

I will not stand corrected

I have not harmed anyone

I just let it ride

Ride, ride, ride

Leave on the evening tide

Just let it ride

When I listen to my heart

I sometimes fail to find

One plain and simple answer

For the dark side of my mind

Even when I'm sleepin'

I can't seem to unwind

I just let it ride

I knew a man from Windsor

Went to Detroit every night

And stateside of the tunnel

Customs agents give him fight

He hid his stash in the river

And threw his bedroll on the ground

And when they finally got there

A sleepin' man was all that they found

I just let it ride

Ride, let it ride

Leave on the evenin' tide

Just let it ride

I hear the steeple bells ring out

Above my lobster pots

Well, I may be out here fishin', man

But that ain't where it stops

The mouths I feed are many

And they all say thanks a lot

I just let it ride

One day when I'm old and gray

And consider what's gone by

I always will be proud of

Every tear I ever cried

And all of the old jokes we told

Around the candlelight

To all those tender damsels

Who had helped us through the night

I just let it ride

Ride, ride, ride

Leave on the evening tide

Just let it ride

Here's to the girls from London

And the ones from Montreal

I never will forget them

We still fantasize them all

I knew one in St. Louis

On a Missouri afternoon

I met one up in Shanghai

And another in Rangoon

I just let it ride

Ride, let it ride

Leave on the evenin' tide

Just let it ride

Leave on the evenin' tide

Just let it ride