Riding With The King
by 
John Hiatt 
recording of 2000 
from 
Riding With The King (Warner Brothers 47612) 
I dreamt I had a good job 
And I got well paid 
I blew it all at the penny arcade 
I earned the dollars 
On the Cupid doll 
No pretty chic is gonna make me crawl 
We're on a TWA to the promised land 
Every woman, child and man 
It's a Cadillac and a great big diamond ring 
Don't you know you're ridin' with King 
He's on a mission of mercy on a new frontier 
He's gonna check us all out of here 
Up to the mansion on the hill 
Where you can get your booze, strips and pills 
Any kind of pills, folks 
We're on a TWA to the promised land 
Everybody clap your hands 
Don't you girls love the way that he sings 
Don't you know you're ridin' with King 
Ridin' with the King 
Don't you know you're ridin' with King 
...steel and a shining blue... 
(that's me) 
You can see it in his face 
The brute and the lies 
Tonight everybody's getting their angel wings 
Don't you know you're ridin' with King 
I stepped out of Mississippi when I was ten years old 
With a suit cut sharp as a razor and a hot tomato road 
I had a guitar hanging just about waist high 
And I'm gonna play this thing until the day I die 
Don't you know we're ridin' with King 
Don't you know we're ridin' with King 
You're ridin' with me Eric, you're in good hands 
You're ridin' with the blues 
Don't you know you're ridin' with King 
Yes yes you're ridin' with the King 
I wanted to say B.B. King but you know King 
Don't you know you're ridin' with King 
Yes you're ridin' with King