Released: October 7, 2008
Songwriter: Chrissie Hynde
Producer: Pretenders
I made my bed but I couldn't sleep in it
With the man in red tracking me minute by minute
Running like a horse, always looking behind me
But of course he would always find me
[Chorus]
Hey buddy, hey friend
My pal, my brother
We take shelter in each other
I'll keep it simple, you keep it true
I owe the last ride to you
Heaven and hell ride in tandem
I used to mix them up at random
I spent my youth on a reckless futile race
Where love and truth could never place
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
After all, nobody can save
The mortal body from the grave
Who can arrest the soul's sad journey in its plight?
One more day to get it right
I decided to stop dying
No more cheatin' no more lyin'
What kind of club opens its gates to sinners like me?
And bids them forth unto eternity
[Chorus]
Under the buckeye trees
Where the rubber city grew
I owe the last ride to you
With the man in red tracking me minute by minute
Running like a horse, always looking behind me
But of course he would always find me
[Chorus]
Hey buddy, hey friend
My pal, my brother
We take shelter in each other
I'll keep it simple, you keep it true
I owe the last ride to you
Heaven and hell ride in tandem
I used to mix them up at random
I spent my youth on a reckless futile race
Where love and truth could never place
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
After all, nobody can save
The mortal body from the grave
Who can arrest the soul's sad journey in its plight?
One more day to get it right
I decided to stop dying
No more cheatin' no more lyin'
What kind of club opens its gates to sinners like me?
And bids them forth unto eternity
[Chorus]
Under the buckeye trees
Where the rubber city grew
I owe the last ride to you
more tracks from the album
Break Up the Concrete
- Boots of Chinese Plastic
- Both Sides of Goodbye
- You Didn’t Have To
- The Last Ride
- 977
- Nothing Breaks Like a Heart
- Tequila
- Rosalee
- Don’t Cut Your Hair
- I Go to Sleep
- One Thing Never Changed
- Don’t Lose Faith in Me
- The Nothing Maker
- Love’s a Mystery
- Almost Perfect
- Break Up the Concrete
- Biker
- Can’t Help Falling in Love
From the album
- Break Up the Concrete (2008)
Pretenders popular songs
- Brass in Pocket
- I’ll Stand by You
- Don’t Get Me Wrong
- 2000 Miles
- Back on the Chain Gang
- Middle of the Road
- My City Was Gone
- Precious
- Alone
- Tattooed Love Boys
- I’m a Mother
- Kid
- I Hurt You
- My Baby
- Day After Day
- Up the Neck
- Hymn to Her
- Popstar
- Show Me
- Dance!
- Clean Up Woman
- Hold a Candle to This
- Mystery Achievement
- Love’s a Mystery