The Last Ride Of Big Red Lyrics

Riding west, New Mexico sunset

Santa Fe, Durango bound

Getting clear now, of all this trouble

Oh my mind, makes it double

Will the miles and scenery heal my head

Here on the last ride of Big Red

Annie's gone but it's like she's here

She will always be, have no fear

Savor the memory, let it fade

Let it burn bright, like Kim Jade

Oh this hunger in me I guess it must be fed

Gonna get my fill on the last ride of Big Red

Oh the chimes of freedom, let them ring

I've come for Leah, just to hear her sing

Worth every mile, just to be there

I'm 'a leave in the morning destination nowhere

Another night in another borrowed bed

A day in the life on the last ride of Big Red

I'm goin' north now, where the cold winds blow

Gonna see my brother, see a little snow

Up here in the Tetons, ain't life Grand

So many memories like grains of sand

Reflecting back on every word that she said

Long way to go on the last ride of Big Red

I roll into Casper, like a ghost

Just like the old days I still drink the most

Rapid City, I'll be there soon

Gonna see Cassandra and the hot air balloons

Kaleidoscope of sky sewed with a golden thread

My mind blown on the last ride of Big Red

The mountains behind me, I'm headed east

This road's been up and down, to say the least

The Chamberlain exit, up ahead I see

That River Missouri and the Statue of Dignity

On this hallowed ground so lightly I tread

Pay my respects on the last ride of Big Red

I'm heading to Illinois, Champaign

Twenty years since I played here, nothin's the same

Movin' on to Steeltown, Pittsburgh PA

Robin, Derek, and Millie Moo, I'm on my way

Across this land all my friends they are spread

Slowly make my way on the last ride of Big Red

Going to Charm City, for a harbor cruise

The Spirit of Baltimore, Kim sings the blues

We wage war in the Capitol, we gotta give it a rest

I wish it was a better time but we both did our best

Holding on to something that's still not quite dead

Hard to let go on the last ride of Big Red

Alright 'Naptown, here I come

Feels good to get back where I started from

Night falls on West Street, that old familiar glow

Tonight for ol' times' sake I'm gonna let it flow

I always return to this town that I once fled

Remembering on the last ride of Big Red

With my sis for the day, to the BMOA

On over to Hampden hon, what a colorful play

I used to work 'round here, my how things change

Years pass I know I've aged but I still feel the same

So much behind me, so much lies ahead

Full of wonder on the last ride of Big Red

Oh the Eastern Shore, and the corn rows

Home is where your heart forever grows

My mom and pop, they got a place for me

Time to get off this road relax and get some peace

I'll never forget the place where I was born and bred

Time to reflect on the last ride of Big Red

Alright Big Red, it's getting cold

Goin' to see Frankie, Al and Teresa, come on let's roll

Before you know it Red, we'll be gliding down U.S. One

To that enchanted island, our little home in the sun

Still no other place I'd rather be instead

Last stop on the last ride of Big Red