[00:11.91]I was thumbin' from montgomery
[00:14.79]Had my guitar on my back
[00:17.94]When a stranger stopped beside me in an antique cadillac
[00:22.56]Well he was dressed like 1950
[00:25.52]Half drunk and holloweyed
[00:28.30]Said its a long walk to nashville
[00:30.94]Would you like a ride
[00:32.35]Son
[00:40.06]Well I sat down in the front seat and turned on the radio
[00:45.39]Them sad old songs comin' out of them speakers was solid country gold
[00:51.24]And I noticed the stranger was ghostwhite pale
[00:53.77]When he asked me for a light
[00:56.72]And I knew there was something strange about this ride
[01:02.31]He said drifter can ya make folks cry when you play and sing
[01:08.28]Have you paid your dues
[01:09.66]Can you moan the blues
[01:11.20]Can you bend them guitar strings
[01:13.82]He said boy can you make folks feel what you feel inside
[01:19.59]Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya
[01:21.95]Its a long
[01:23.02]Hard ride
[01:31.25]Well he cried just south of nashville
[01:34.19]And he turned that car around
[01:36.72]He said this is where you get off boy
[01:43.36]I'm goin' back to alabam
[02:00.04]As I stepped out of that cadillac
[02:05.64]I said mr
[02:11.52]Many thanks
[02:17.67]He said you don't have to call me mr
[02:34.54]Mr
[02:39.96]The whole world called me hank
[02:45.85]If you're big star bound
[02:55.55]Let me warn ya its a long
[03:00.81]Hard ride