"Went for a Ride" performed by Adia Victoria from the new album 'My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall'.
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Went For A Ride (LYRICS)
He was black as the sky on a moonless night
Good with horses never reined them too tight
He rode with the best hell he rode with me
And they got it all wrong in that book of history
It wasn't cowboys and ponies it was horses and men
It wasn't school boys and ladies it was cow-towns and sin
There was blood on the leather and tears in their eyes
We swore at the devil and went for a ride
We told some tales, he told them best
Real life can always use a good stretch
But that don't change the things we did
Cause the realest thing was the life that we lived
It wasn't cowboys and ponies it was horses and men
It wasn't school boys and ladies it was cow-towns and sin
And there was blood on the leather and tears in her eyes
We swore at the devil and then we went for a ride…that’s right
More than one kind of pain, more than one kind of theft
And it’s bitter as the night that sweet Jesus wept
She stole my heart age stole the fire
They stole my prairie when they strung all that wire
It wasn't no cowboys and ponies it was horses and men
It wasn't no school boys and ladies it was cow-towns and sin
And there was blood on the leather and tears in her eyes
We swore at the devil and went for a ride
I swore at the devil and went for ride
"I had songs recorded in the 80s, in the 90s, in the 2000s, and 2010s, but I never once had the joy of hearing one of the songs that I wrote from the perspective of a Black woman recorded by a Black woman. With this project...I hope to change that." - Alice Randall
Alice Randall is a New York Times bestselling novelist, award-winning songwriter, and educator. She is widely recognized as one of the most significant voices in modern Black fiction. She lives in Nashville where she writes country songs.
Oh Boy Records is honored to partner with Alice Randall and a community of Black, female musicians to bring you My Black Country - The Songs of Alice Randall. Alice Randall has written songs performed by Glen Campbell, Moe Bandy, Marie Osmond, Jo-El Sonier, Judy Rodman, Radney Foster, Holly Dunn, and Trisha Yearwood. She is the first Black woman to have a number-one hit on the country charts. Her influence in country music and as a voice in the Black community is immense. Here we present a collection of Alice's songs re-imagined and re-recorded by Black female artists from around America.
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