Riding That Number 9 Lyrics

Released as Ep. (Greendirt Rail Rider)

Album: Greendirt Experience

Writer Erik Sakshaug


 

Well, that there woman I was supposed to meet, a long time ago

She must have been just like me chasing dreams traveling across the country

Hopping them trains and railways hustling the beat to the shuffling feet

Just a hobo beatnik babe busking her way city street to city street, in the summer heat

Well, that there playing’s not a crime, play and say whatever you want at any given time

Lay down the rhythm for the days laid down dime

And she’’ keep on moving further down the line

Ridin that number 9

Must have just missed each other, maybe of old ole Tennessee

She must probably been coming in from the west coast, the pacific scene

As I was probably headed north no longer needing the safety of the southern breeze

She was rolling on in all tough, not a lot of stuff, just here ukulele

Waking up early, staying up late playing sixteen hours straight, passing out on the concreate, daily

Gutter punk buzz cut one dreadlock and her armpit hear

Living and roaming where she wants, when she wants whichever way that was then and there

A Carhartt dirty kid coming of age and riding the wave deep within the pine

Ridin that number 9

Well, I know I missed her and her wild sideshow, so

Oh, me oh my oh both on the go, go, go like so

Well, just a twist that’s the way it is you know

Well hell, maybe we will meet in the middle of age, start a new chapter on a fresh new page

I know that when we finally meet with our worn-down eyes and many miles on our feet

We will be complete

We can sit around sing songs and share stories of our history in time

Ridin that number 9