Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
One of Friedman’s most poignant and beloved songs, “Ride ‘Em Jewboy” is a tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. Friedman wrote it while abroad with the Peace Corps in Borneo, a time he said gave him a lot of perspective on the United States.
According to Friedman, the song was a favorite of Nel...
(Kinky Friedman)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ride, ride ‘em Jewboy
Ride ‘em all around the old corral
Oh, I'm, I'm with you boy
If I've got to ride six million miles
Now the smoke from camps a-rising
See the helpless creatures on their way
Hey, old pal, ain't it surprising
How far you can go before you stay?
Don't you let the morning blind ya
When on your sleeve you wore the yeller star
Old memories still live behind ya
Can't you see by your outfit who you are
How long will you be driven relentless ‘round the world
The blood in the rhythm of the soul
Wild ponies all your dreams were broken
Rounded up and made to move along
The loneliness which can't be spoken
Just swings a rope and rides inside a song
Dead limbs play with ringless fingers
The melody which burns you deep inside
Oh, how the song becomes the singer's
May peace be ever with you as you ride
In the window candles glowing
Remind you that today you are a child
The road ahead, forever rolling
And anything worth cryin' can be smiled
So ride, ride ‘em Jewboy
Ride ‘em all around the old corral
I'm, I'm with you boy
If I've got to ride six million miles
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh