Lyrics
SHE CAN TAKE ME FOR A RIDE
(Timothy Brickley and David Rheins)
She knocks on my window after she’s closed down the bars.
Drunk and feeling sorry for herself, she lies in my arms.
Man, she is so beautiful, such a lovely child.
Half-asleep she tells me she loves me, that makes me smile.
You’re a fool, my sister telling me, that girl’s all messed-up inside.
She’s just screwin’ you over, man, takin’ you for a ride.
Well, she can take me for a ride.
I know where she’s going, I know what we’re doing.
She can take me for a ride.
I’m a willing passenger, she can take me for a ride.
Some nights she just won’t make love, but some nights it’s ok.
Some nights are moving, most nights she just stays away.
In bed, she’d tell me ‘bout her childhood, she’d have these exact memories of when she was five.
For a second, we both felt the same thing, yeah, she could take me for a ride.
She can take me for a ride.
I know where she’s going, I know what we’re doing.
She can take me for a ride.
I’m a willing passenger, she can take me for a ride.
When she says that she’ll call me, I know she probably won’t.
She ain’t lyin’, she just doesn’t feel it, maybe I wish she did but she don’t.
You are a fool, everyone telling me, maybe I’m all messed-up inside,
but her fare is less than this loneliness, so she can take me for a ride.
While her fare is less than this loneliness,
she can take me for a ride.
Copyright 1988, Timothy Brickley & David Rheins.
