Patty Griffin: Stay on the ride

Little old man, little old man staring down the roadWaiting on the bus, he's getting kinda coldBus finally gets there, he got nowhere to sit downAnd the driver said, "You can stand right here behind me or wait for the next one to come around"And the old man says, "That's okay, I'll standI might look like a little old man to youBut I've been riding this bus for years and years and yearsI don't even know where it's going to"And the driver says, "You don't know where this bus is going to?"Old man says, "No, I don't, do you?"Driver says, "You don't know where this bus is going to?"Old man says, "I just want it to get me throughHey, I'm staying on the ride, it's gonna take me somewhereStaying on the ride, it's gonna take me somewhereSomewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere"The bus is rolling along, outside it's looking kinda strangeThe Earth is shaking, the clouds are breakingEverything is blue where it was grayA thousand rivers flood over fields of snowThe driver looks back in the mirror for the old man"Where did he go, where did he go?Oh, there he isHey, old man, old man, old man, you still don't know?"And the old man says, "No, I don't son, but I'm happy to go"Hey, "I'm staying on the ride, it's gonna take me somewhere"Hey, he said, "I'm staying on the ride, it's gonna take me somewhereSomewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhereI was born with no name, knowing nothing, still I don'tSomebody said, 'You need a name, I'm gonna give you a name'And I said, 'No, you won't,' I said, 'No, you won't'"Oh, "You can let me off here, son, thank you for the ride"And the driver said, "This is the middle of nowhere, sir,"He pulls off to the sideAnd the old man says, "It might look that way to you, maybe it is"Old man says, "It might look that way to you, son, maybe it is,"And he says, "Stay on the ride, it's gonna take you somewhere,"Hey, hey, he said, "Stay on the ride, it's gonna take you somewhereSomewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhereIt always takes you somewhere, gonna take you somewhereIt always takes you somewhere, gotta take you somewhereIt always takes you somewhere, gonna take you somewhereIt always takes you somewhere, gonna take you somewhere"