GHOST RIDER

I MET HIM AT A TRUCK STOP
ONE COLD AND RAINY NIGHT
I WAS SITTING AT A TABLE
THINKING,MAN THIS JUST AIN'T RIGHT

BEEN DRIVING FOR THE PAST TEN HOURS
WITH 200 MILES TO GO
IT'S COLD, WINDY, WITH THUNDER SHOWERS
AND I THINK IT'S STARTING TO SNOW

THATS WHEN I FIRST SAW HIM
HE WALKED UP AND SAT RIGHT DOWN
SAID, MAN IT'S REALLY ROUGH OUT THERE
YOU JUST PASSING THRU THIS TOWN

WE SAT AND TALKED AWHILE
HE WAS OLD KINDA PALE AND GRAY
I SAID IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GO
HE SAID, NO MAN, I THINK YOU SHOULD STAY

CAUSE YA SEE, I GOT SOMTHIN TO TELL YA
AND YOUR GONNA SIT HERE AND LISTEN
CAUSE IT JUST MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE ONE DAY
OR THE LIVES OF INNOCENT CHILDREN

I WAS PUSHIN MYSELF HARD ONE NIGHT
I WAS OUT OF HOURS TOO
BUT I NEW I HAD TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD
I WAS YOUNG AND EAGER LIKE YOU

TWO HOURS AFTER I LEFT RIGHT HERE
I WAS SIX MILES JUST PAST BOULDER
YA KNOW I JUST DIDN'T SEE THAT MINI VAN
BROKE DOWN AND PARKED ON THE SHOULDER

I HIT THAT VAN WITH A POWERFULL CRASH
DROVE RIGHT UP OVER THE TOP
MY TRUCK ENDED UP ON IT'S SIDE IN THE DITCH
I JUST COULDN'T GET IT TO STOP

NOW THERE'S FOUR CROSS'S ON THE ROADSIDE
AT THE SPOT OF THAT FIREY CRASH
AND MY MIND WILL FOREVER HAVE THE PICTURE
OF THOSE CHILDREN UP UNDER THE DASH

I GOT UP AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM
SPLASHED SOME COLD WATER ON MY FACE
WHEN I CAME OUT AND LOOKED AROUND
THERE WASN'T A SOUL IN THE PLACE

I ASKED THE WAITRESS, WHERES THE OLD MAN
SHE SAID, WHAT OLD MAN DO YOU MEAN
THE ONE THAT WAS HERE AT THE TABLE I SAID
IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ALL A DREAM

SO I HEADED FOR THE DOOR
THIS WAS ALL JUST TO DEEP
YOU GOING BACK ON THE ROAD?
NO, I'M GOING TO GET SOME SLEEP

ALBERT