Til He's Dead or Rises - Drive-By Truckers

When she met him they were teenagers

He was no more than seventeen

She was a little less than all that

But he 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

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

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