"Ride Easy" lyrics

Many days I've traveled
But I know not where I'm going to
I'm lost, lost along the way
From Mexico to Paris
Always the same solitary circle
In an empty café
Their faces were so empty
Meaningless and negative to me
I could have died
The bodies and the strangers
Reflected in their glasses
As they drank not seeing eye to eye

Ride easy my friends
This journey ends
Before it begins
Ride easy my friends
This story ends
Before it begins

Long dead Winter
When I thought that Spring would never come again
Melting the snow
Many nights I've reveled
Evenings through to mornings through to evenings
With nothing to show

Ride easy my friends
This journey ends
Before it begins
Ride easy my friends
This story ends
Before it begins, oh

Their faces were so empty
Meaningless and negative to me
I could have died
The bodies and the strangers
Reflected in their glasses
As they drank not seeing eye to eye
Many days I've traveled
Going 'round in social circles lost
Lost along the way
Many nights I've reveled
But I thought I saw the message in a bottle
And drifting away

Ride easy my friends
This journey ends
Before it begins
Ride easy my friends
This story ends
Before it begins