RIDE ME DOWN EASY As recorded by Ryan Bingham & Nikki Lane (From the 2022 Album LIVE FOREVER: A TRIBUTE TO BILLY JOE SHAVER) [Intro] [Verse 1] This ol’ highway she’s hotter than nine kinds of hell And the rides that are scarce as the rain When you’re down to your last shuck with nothin’ to sell And too far away from the train [Verse 2] Been a good month of Sundays and a guitar ago Had a tall drink of yesterday’s wine Left a long string of friends some sheets in the wind And some satisfied women behind [Chorus] Ride me down easy Lord ride me on down Leave word in the dust where I lay Say "I’m easy come and easy go And easy to love when I stay" [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] Left snow on the mountain raised hell on the hill Locked horns with the devil himself Been rodeo bum and son-of--gun And a hobo with stars in my crown [Chorus] Hey ride me down easy Lord ride me on down Leave word in the dust where I lay Say "I’m easy come and easy go And easy to love when I stay" [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] Hey ride me down easy Lord ride me on down Leave word in the dust where I lay Say "I’m easy come and easy go And easy to love when I stay" Hey ride me down easy Lord ride me on down Leave word in the dust where I lay Say "I’m easy come and easy go And easy to love when I stay" [Outro] Say "I’m easy come easy go And easy to love when I stay"