Til He's Dead or Rising

Album: English Oceans (2014)
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  • When she met him they was teenagers
    He was no more than seventeen
    She was a little less than all that
    But held the bit between her teeth
    He was tall and strong and lanky
    The fear of Jesus was on her side
    He asked her, if she weren’t too busy
    Might come out for a ride

    She’ll ride him until he’s dead or rises to the occasion

    They ran off the great embankment
    They flew through the air so far
    They landed with a mighty crash
    Then got crushed by the falling star.

    She’ll ride him until he’s dead or rises to the occasion
    She’ll ride him until he’s dead or rises to the occasion

    That small crossroads became a city
    She was the bell of every ball
    Boys would line up to try to ring her
    She’s let them line up down her hall
    She ran up a life so lavish
    Somehow those bills would all get paid
    Your Daddy worked and never faltered
    Never forgot the things she said

    She’ll ride him until he’s dead or rises to the occasion

    Times change but I still see her disapproval pouring out
    She said I ain’t got the gumption to make it
    And you ain’t scary enough to turn me around
    But I’m hoping you might be game to ride my dream aground
    We’ll ride it until it’s dead or makes your mama proud

    She’ll ride him until he’s dead or rises to the occasion
    She’ll ride him until he’s dead or rises to the occasion
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