Let It Ride

Intro: verse 1: 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 unravelling them is fun I will not stand corrected, I have not harmed anyone I just let it ride Ride, let it ride Leave on the evening tide Just let it ride verse 2: When I listen to my heart, I sometimes fail to find One sane and simple answer on the bright side of my mind Even when I'm sleeping, I can't seem to unwind I just let it ride verse 3: I knew a man from Windsor who went to Detroit every night And Stateside of the tunnel, customs agents gave him flight He threw his stash in the river and his bedroll on the ground And when they finally got there, a sleeping man was all that they found He just let it ride Ride, let it ride Leave on the evening tide Just let it ride verse 4: Hear the steeple bells ring out above my lobster pots I might be out here fishing, man, but that ain't where it stops The mouths I feed are many and they all say, "Thanks a lot" They just let it ride VERSE 5: One day when I'm old and grey and consider what's gone by I always will be proud of every tear I've ever cried And all of the old jokes we told around the candle light To all those tender damsels who had helped us in the night They just let it ride Ride, let it ride Leave on the evening tide Just let it ride I'm gonna let it ride VERSE 6: Here's to the girls from London and the ones from Montreal We 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 evening tide Just let it ride Ride, ride, ride I'm gonna let it ride Leave on the evening tide Just let it ride OUTRO: (## fade to end ##)