Sometimes You've Just Gotta Ride Lyrics

The song Sometimes You've Just Gotta Ride is performed by Chris Ledoux in the album named The Capitol Collection (1990-2000) in the year 2002 .



His name was Twister he lived in the pasture
Right down from my daddy's farm
They say there's a cowboy who once tried to ride him
Now he's mending fences with only one arm

On my way home from school somehow he always knew
Just when I'd come walking by
And he'd stand at the gate like the keeper of fate
And we both knew that one day I'd just have to ride

Now one crack of dawn well I slipped my boots on
And walked out towards that just rising sun
My heart skipped a beat when I heard his four feet
Pounding down on the red dirt like it was a drum

He walked up against me as if to convince me
His heart was easily tamed
Then I came to staring up at the blue and the black
With a handful of mane

Well I thought he'd go one way but he went the other
I'm lucky, I even survived
You can't always sit on the fence while the world pa*ses by
Sometimes you just gotta ride

Well, the years have gone by since that morning I climbed
On that shadow that cut through the fields
My shoulder still hurts when the weather turns worse
Sometimes you find the strength in the wounds that don't heal

Between horses and heartaches, women and mistakes
I've been through more than I should
But I strapped a saddle across every battle
And held on as long as I could

Well I thought he'd go one way but he went the other
I'm lucky, I even survived
You can't always sit on the fence while the world pa*ses by
Sometimes you just gotta ride

Well I thought he'd go one way but he went the other
I'm lucky, I even survived
You can't always sit on the fence while the world pa*ses by
Sometimes you just gotta ride




Chris Ledoux - The Capitol Collection (1990-2000)

Jun 2002

  1. Thank The Cowboy For The Ride
  2. Shot Full Of Love
  3. The Last Drive-In
  4. Settin' The Woods On Fire
  5. Homegrown Western Saturday Night
  6. You Just Can't See Him From The Road
  7. Making Ends Meet
  8. Hooked On An 8-Second Ride
  9. I'm Ready If You're Willing
  10. The Ol' Double Diamond
  11. Strugglin' Years
  12. Soft Place To Fall
  13. Dallas Days And Fort Worth Nights
  14. Big Love
  15. Love Needs A Fool
  16. Slow Down
  17. Sons Of The Pioneers
  18. Hairtrigger Colt's .44
  19. Light Of The World
  20. Six Bucks A Day
  21. Now That's All Right With Me
  22. Take Me To The Rodeo
  23. Fathers And Sons
  24. I'll Get The Job Done
  25. When I Say Forever
  26. Calico Moon
  27. That's What Loving You Means To Me
  28. One Tonight
  29. Runaway Love
  30. The Borderline
  31. The Fever
  32. Ole Slew Foot
  33. One Ride In Vegas
  34. Sometimes You've Just Gotta Ride
  35. Caballo Diablo
  36. One Road Man


Sometimes You've Just Gotta Ride