This Ride Home (R.Perry)BMI
Piano/Vocals- Jay Speight
Guitar- Rob Perry
(Verse 1)
This train snakes along
Through a gray September day
I watch the raindrops fall
Cascade down my window pane
A young girl sitting next to me
Points out the fields of cotton
I see an innocence in her face
I thought i had long forgotten
(Lift)
She asks me where i'm heading to
And where I was before
So I told her i'm a soldier
On my way home from the war
(Chorus)
And I took out all my pictures of you
Told her how you had made me stronger
Yeah being at war was so very long
But this ride home just seems.....
a little bit longer
(Second Verse)
Well, The young girl got off the train
Just outside of Graysonville
And told me take care of myself
I said Yeah , you know i will
And in her spot a tired man
Who was carrying a briefcase
Sat down and loosened his tie
And sighed "man i hate this place"
(Lift)
I look at him and said
It seems we've both been away too long
He answered ,I don't know about you
But i've got three great girls at home
(Chorus)
And he took out all his pictures of them
A pretty wife and two young daughters
30 days out on the road is long
But this ride home just seems
A little bit longer
(Bridge)
So I thought about my time abroad
And how i had protected a nation
And gave a chance for that man and little girl
To meet their loved ones at the station
(Ending chorus)
As the train pulls in, i think of those two
Oh, how they made me feel much stronger
Now I can't wait to get to you
But I'm glad this ride home
Really was....a little bit longer