| Moving like the fog on the Cumberland River |
| I was leaving on the Delta Queen |
| And I wasn’t ready to go |
| I’m never ready to go |
| 27 years of nothing but failures and promises that I couldn’t keep |
| Oh lord, I wasn’t ready to go |
| I’m never ready to go |
| Let it ride |
| Let it ride easy down the road |
| Let it ride |
| Let it take away all of the darkness |
| Let it ride |
| Let it rock me in the arms of stranger’s angels until it brings me home |
| Let it ride |
| Let it roll |
| Let it go |
| Loaded like a sailor |
| Tumbling off a ferry boat |
| I was at the bar till three |
| Oh Lord, and I wasn’t ready to go |
| I’m never ready to go |
| Tennessee’s a brother to my sister Carolina where they’re gonna bury me |
| And I ain’t ready to go |
| I’m never ready to go |
| Let it ride let it ride easy down the road |
| Let it ride |
| Let it take away all of this darkness |
| Let it ride |
| Let it rock me in the arms of stranger’s angels until it brings me home |
| Let it ride |
| Let it roll |
| Let it go |
| I wanna see you tonight |
| Dancing in the endless moonlight |
| In the parking lot in the headlights of cars |
| Someplace on the moon |
| Where they moved the drive-in theater |
| Where I left the car that I can’t find but I still got the keys to |
| Let it ride |
| Let it ride easy down the road |
| Let it ride |
| Let it take away all of this darkness |
| Let it ride |
| Let it rock me in the arms of stranger’s angels until it brings me home |
| Let it ride |
| Let it roll |
| Let it go |