Why You Ride Me So Rough

(Verse 1)

Dust on the dashboard, coffee in the tray

I’m pushing three hundred thousand miles today

You don’t take curves soft, you don’t hit the brakes

You’re a hundred-weight on my worst mistakes

suspension is screaming, the alignment is gone

But you keep the high beams and the radio on.

(Chorus)

Yeah, you ride me so rough, like a gravel road

Like a flatbed hauling an over-sized load

You red-line the engine just to hear it whine

Then leave me idling, pouring rain in site

I’m rusted and rattled and I’ve had enough

Girl, why do you gotta ride me so rough?

(Verse 2)

You treat my heart like a hand-me-down Ford

Floorboard’s shaking while we’re crossing the floor

One day you’re the grease making everything glide

The next you’re the gravel on a downhill slide

You shift without the clutch, don’t check the oil

You let my poor radiator sit there and boil.

(Chorus)

Yeah, you ride me so rough, like a gravel road

Like a flatbed hauling an over-sized load

You red-line the engine just to hear it whine

Then leave me idling, pouring rain in site

I’m rusted and rattled and I’ve had enough

Girl, why do you gotta ride me so rough?

(Bridge)

There’s a "Sale" sign sittin in the back seat

But I know you’ll never admit defeat

You’ll just kick the tires and jump back in

And we’ll start this mess all over again.

(Guitar Solo)

(Chorus)

Yeah, you ride me so rough, like a gravel road

Like a flatbed hauling an over-sized load

You red-line the engine just to hear it whine

Then leave me idling, pouring rain in site

I’m rusted and rattled and I’ve had enough

Girl, why do you gotta ride me so rough?

(Outro)

Yeah, take it easy on the gears tonight.

Just park me in the drive...

Stop riding me so rough