waiting for a ride (1986) i recorded this version in 1991 on my first porta studio four-track cassette deck. i think bob sent me a tape with a drum beat on it and nothing else; this song sort of fit. two guitar tracks, one is slide guitar.
going up the road to see a friend i haven’t in a while
to talk about our day where we’ve been and what we might have done
barrel in a basket pound those pilgrims
beat ‘em on the flat rocks steal their shoes
mary on the dashboard hail a taxi
whisk me from this vale of tears
staring at the fog as it rolls across the fields outside
sliding into place beneath the trees ‘til daylight sends us home
jesus in a sidecar both ends bleeding
gone to fight the turks in a holy war
mary on the mountain pray or something
lift me from this world of woe
waiting for a ride i wonder how i came to leave that place
without a word i watch the traffic changing with the light
through the dirty glass looking for a cab that may not come
hoping i will know by sight or sound the way to take me home
jack in a pine-box, no one’s laughing
they hit him in the head with a real big hole
mary in her bare feet rolling snake eyes
standing on a mound that’s covering a mole
mary at the manger stuff that scarecrow
hang it on a pole o’er the amber waves
mary on the dashboard hail a taxi
whisk me from this awful place