Ride With Me

Once upon a time, there lived in Indieville, a great little band named The Lemonheads. They had a cute singer named Evan Dando who wrote fabulous pop tunes and was very good at covering a few songs as well. Eventually he became a useless junkie and gave everyone the shits at gigs. That's about it. Okay that was a tad harsh of me I admit. I was reminded of Evan's musical beauty today when I was having one of my 'go to the back of the CD pile' moments and found an EP they recorded called 'Favourite Spanish Recipes'. It has a cover of 'Different Drum' and what has become my most favourite and loved Lemonheads song-Ride With Me. I listened to it 4 times in a row and absorbed it's magic. This song reminds me of a gig I went to at Gaslight Records (RIP) in 1993 and Evan did an instore appearance. I remember him performing this song-one of the few times I had heard it- and it still stands out (along with his cover of ABBA's 'Knowing Me,Knowing You-resplendant with a friend and I doing the 'A HA' bits in between). Here's the song. Read the words, feel the emotion. And hope Evan gets back on track. That pencil smell, reminds me of school The clock on the wall, I can no longer fool Time to get in my car Been so dull, tired and tight Time to trust these old tires Time to not say goodnight Jesus rides with me His will is plain to feel Come on, you can be Got yourself to steal He's everywhere, sends me straight across the plain He's in your hair, he'll forgive me my pain You're my girl don't you show it To know you know is to know it When you can't trust yourself Baby, trust someone else Jesus rides with me His will is plain to feel Come on, you can be Got yourself to steal You're my girl don't you show it To know you know is to know it When you can't trust yourself Baby, trust someone else Ride with me Ride with me Ride with me