Along for the Ride ('56 T-Bird)

I had a '56 T-Bird, then I was king of the highway

Trying to make it look fast and easy and dreaming of doing it my way

Let's put the top down, baby, feel the wind in our hair

We were too young to know better and to cool to care

All I wanted was you by my side, baby, you're only along for the ride, only along for the ride

Rock and roll on the radio, let's turn it up and get down

Convertible dreams running wild in the streets in the all time American town

When you played the thrill queen, baby, I heard the jazz of joy

You were every girl in the world but I wasn't every boy

All I wanted was you by side, baby, you're only along for the ride

All I wanted was you by my side, baby, you're only along for the ride, only along for the ride

Memory pink and charcoal gray are the colors I painted this song

You were nineteen and perfect, baby, but no one stays perfect too long

All I wanted was you by my side, baby, you're only along for the ride, only along for the ride