Til He's Dead Or Rises Lyrics - English Oceans - Drive By Truckers

When she met him they was teenagers 

He was no more than seventeen 

She was a little less than all that 

But held the bit between her teeth 

He was tall and strong and lanky 

The fear of Jesus was on her side 

He asked her, if she weren't too busy 

Might come out for a ride 

She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion 

They ran off the great embankment 

They flew through the air so far 

They landed with a mighty crash 

Then got crushed by the falling star. 

She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion 

She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion 

That small crossroads became a city 

She was the bell of every ball 

Boys would line up to try to ring her 

She's let them line up down her hall 

She ran up a life so lavish 

Somehow those bills would all get paid 

Your Daddy worked and never faltered 

Never forgot the things she said 

She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion 

Times change but I still see her disapproval pouring out 

She said I ain't got the gumption to make it 

And you ain't scary enough to turn me around 

But I'm hoping you might be game to ride my dream aground 

We'll ride it until it's dead or makes your mama proud 

She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion 

She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion 

Rises to the occasion