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Let It Ride

by The Choir

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"Let It Ride" is one of our songs from the PATREON SESSIONS. We release one song a month along with behind the scene videos of the creative process and more. You can join us - there's no time commitment and you can quit at anytime. Thank you for your support all of these years. Learn more about our Patreon at www.patreon.com/thechoir
--Dan

When Derri sent me this basic track several weeks ago he was singing, “Let it rain…” He typically hums a melody or sings a sort of gibberish that I am accustomed to, often including words or phrases that I pay close attention to and frequently incorporate into the lyric. For example, on our recent song My Father’s Son, he was singing, “under the shallow sky,” which I modified to “above the shallow sky,” and ventured off from there. Several years ago he was singing “beautiful mystery” and I changed it to “terrible mystery.” Over the years there are many such examples in our songwriting process. In the case of this song, Dan Michaels had just boasted of a winning night at a casino in Indiana (Yeah, he’s the only gambler in our band; the rest of us best stay clear of any more tomfoolery). So the phrase “Let it ride” came to mind and I guess the lyric is essentially saying, “Good luck and rock on everybody!”

That’s Mason Zgoda singing the high octave on the choruses and taking the lead on the bridge. Great drum programming by Derri! I just added a few fills on our new Roland machine and shook a tambourine. And how ‘bout Chris Donohue groovin’ deep on the bass?!

No matter what’s happening in this turbulent world and in our challenging personal lives… it’s more than okay to have some fun, friends!

Steve

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Let it Ride

Ya put down ten
Now you’re lookin’ at twenty
Hit it again if you’re feeling lucky
You’ve already doubled your money
You don’t gotta take the deal
There’s more than one game in this world
You’re playin’ for real so kiss the girl
And give the wheel a whirl

(Chorus)

Let it ride, ride
Go on and let it ride
Ride, ride, ride
Just let it ride
Ya can’t stop the rain
Ya can’t change the weather
Down the gutter drain and gone forever
Bid farewell to that feather
You better hold on tight
To the good things you’ve acquired
Lift your lover up to the sky
Let that kite sail higher

(Bridge)

Float on the river
Blow in the wind
Know you’re delivered from
All of your sin
Throw down doubles
Get out of jail
Ride a fast train outa trouble
Like a hobo on the rail

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released June 8, 2023

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