[00:09.61]Well
[00:11.90]I was thumbin' from Montgomery
[00:15.54]I had my guitar on my back
[00:18.61]When a stranger stopped beside me in an antique Cadillac
[00:23.47]Well he was dressed like 1950
[00:26.51]Half drunk and hollow eyed
[00:29.16]He said Its a long walk to Nashville
[00:31.92]Would you like a ride
[00:35.65]Son
[00:38.15]And well I sat down in the front seat
[00:41.00]He turned on the radio
[00:43.54]Them sad old songs comin' out of them speakers was solid country gold
[00:49.14]And I noticed the stranger was ghost white pale
[00:51.59]When he asked me for a light
[00:54.95]And I knew there was something strange about this ride
[00:59.98]He said Drifter can ya make folks cry when you play and sing
[01:05.91]Have you paid your dues
[01:07.35]Can you moan the blues
[01:08.85]Can you bend them guitar strings
[01:11.74]He said Boy
[01:12.51]Can you make folks feel what you feel inside
[01:17.16]Cause if you're big star bound let me warn ya
[01:19.55]Its a long
[01:30.64]Hard ride
[01:34.16]Then he cried just south of Nashville
[01:36.86]And he turned that car around
[01:40.26]He said This is where you get off boy
[01:46.00]Cause I'm goin' back to Alabam'
[02:02.12]As I stepped out of that Cadillac
[02:08.86]I said Mister
[02:10.16]Many thanks
[02:13.19]He said You don't have to call me Mister
[02:18.41]Mister
[02:19.84]The whole world called me Hank
[02:24.23]X2
[02:30.88]If you're big star bound
[02:35.14]Let me warn ya its a long
[02:53.66]Hard ride