Lonely Rider
Pat Flynn
New Grass Revival (1986)
You got the picture a long time ago
You keep it under your hat
Sometimes its nothing but a long way to go
Nothin' you can do about that
Well it's just miles and miles
Of twists and turns
Where the moonlight haunts you
And the sunlight burns
Oh, lonely rider
Where you ridin' to
Oh, lonely rider
Is no one lookin' out for you
It always happens on a night like this
When the world is quiet and clear
You can almost see the look on her face
You can hear her voice in your ear
You can't change your mind
You can't turn back now
So you keep on ridin'
Till you don't know how
Oh, lonely rider
You've been ridin' so long
Oh, lonely rider
Caught between the right and wrong
No relations, explanations
There's nobody to answer to
Ride where you can
You're a free man
Nobody's waitin' for you
Nobody's waitin' for you
Nobody's waitin' for you
Wind is chasing midnight
Through the top of the trees
The moon's out like a light
Ninety miles an hour here
And shootin' the breeze
Just another dangerous night
Past those highway signs
And those county lines
And this feelin' that you've known
A thousand times
Oh, lonely rider
Where you ridin' to
Yeah oh. lonely rider
Is no one lookin' out for you
Yeah, oh, lonely rider
How long – how long – How long
Yeah, lonely rider
Caught between the right and wrong