Lyrics and music by Johnny Cash











I long for a trip, I don't need no grip,



I'm takin' one more ride



'Way out there in the prarie air







I guess it's in my hide



Oh, the clickety clack of the railroad track is callin'



If a man could know where the Santa Fe goes



when she gets under steam



and the big round bell that bongs farewell







Could hear her whistle scream



He's bound to go where there ain't no snow a-fallin'



One more ride, one more ride











I miss the gloom of the prarie moon



that seemed to know my name



and the tumbleweed where the prarie dog feed,



I miss them just the same



They're all a part of my song at heart I'm singin'



I recall a tune that I sang to the moon



and it seemed to make it smile



And I rode away at the close of day



and I stayed so long, awhile



But I long to be where the memory is ringin'



One more ride, one more ride











As the years go by, I wonder why



I long to leave my home



And I hit the trail of the iron rail



away out there alone



But my heart just sighed 'till I know that I am leavin'



If I don't come back on a one-way track



way down from Mexico



You can find me there or any old where



that a tumbleweed will grow



It's goodbye now, you'll never know how I'm grievin'



One more ride, one more ride