Took The Ride

I didn’t see a pack of Kool Menthols,

But her lips had cigarette lines

I could tell she’d been pouring up Floribama gold since the summer of ‘79

Betcha you got a story that sounds a little something like Bobby McGhee

She said yea took a left at the mailbox, when I was 17

And I…

Packed my favorite faded jeans

Aimed my lights at New Orleans

Chased the Grateful Dead and then got high

I’m glad I had some crazy years

I’m glad I finally wound up here

I’ve lived and laughed and lost and loved and cried…

I’m glad I took the ride

Met a drummer and a plumber got a lotta wrong numbers

Was a sucker for a heartbreak smile

Yea I did what I did had a couple good kids,

Even though I walked down the wrong aisles

One went to college and the other went to jail,

But now they both live pretty good lives

Ain’t it funny how 20 turns right into 30 and 30 into 55

When you..

Pack your favorite faded jeans

Aim your lights at New Orleans

And Chase the Grateful Dead and go get high

I’m glad I had some crazy years

I’m glad I finally wound up here

I’ve lived and laughed and lost and loved and cried

But I’m glad I took the ride

I dropped a twenty in the tip jar said i guess it’s gettin’ time to go

Any last nicotine words that you think I might need to know?

She said…

I ain’t a preacher ain’t a shrink

But I’ve had some time to think and drink

Here’s my good and here’s my bad advice…

 

Pack your favorite faded jeans

Aim your lights at New Orleans

And Chase the Grateful Dead and go get high

Cuz I’m glad I had some crazy years

I’m glad I finally wound up here

I’ve lived and laughed and lost and loved and cried

I’m glad I took the ride

Go take the ride