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Riding With The King - B.B. King & Eric Clapton
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Vocals
B.B. King
B.B. King
Vocals
Nathan East
Nathan East
Bass Guitar
Steve Gadd
Steve Gadd
Drums
Susannah Melvoin
Susannah Melvoin
Background Vocals
Wendy Melvoin
Wendy Melvoin
Background Vocals
Doyle Bramhall II
Doyle Bramhall II
Electric Guitar
Andy Fairweather Low
Andy Fairweather Low
Electric Guitar
Joe Sample
Joe Sample
Wurlitzer Piano
Tim Carmon
Tim Carmon
Hammond Organ
Paul Waller
Paul Waller
Drum Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Hiatt
John Hiatt
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Producer
Mick Guzauski
Mick Guzauski
Mixing Engineer
Simon Climie
Simon Climie
Producer

Lyrics

I dreamed I had a good job and I got well paid
I blew it all at the penny arcade
A hundred dollars on a Kewpie doll
No pretty chick is gonna make me crawl
Get on a TWA to the promised land
(The promised land)
Every woman, child and man
(Child and man)
Gets a Cadillac and a great big diamond ring
(Great big diamond ring)
Don't you know you're ridin' with the King?
(You know you're ridin' with the King)
He's on a mission of mercy
(On a mission of mercy)
To the new frontier
(New frontier)
He's gonna check us all of out of here
(Out of here)
Up to that mansion
On a hill
(On a hill)
Where you can get your prescription filled
(Any kinda pill folks, ha-ha-ha-ha)
Get on a TWA to the promised land
(Everybody)
Everybody clap your hands
(Clap your hands)
And don't you go slow, the way that it seems
Don't you know you're ridin' with the King?
(Ridin' with the King, yeah you're ridin' with the King)
You're ridin' with the King
Don't you know you're ridin' with the King?
(You're ridin' with the King)
A tuxedo and a shiny 335
(That's me)
You can see it in his face, the blue never lie
Tonight everybody's gettin' their angel wings
And don't you know we're ridin' with the King?
(I stepped out of Mississippi when I was ten years old)
(With a suit cut sharp as a razor and a heart made of gold)
(I had a guitar hanging just about waist high)
(And I'm going to play this thing until the day I die)
Don't you know we're ridin' with the King?
(Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)
Don't you know we're ridin' with the King?
(You're ridin' with me daddy)
(You're in good hands, you ride with me)
Mmm, don't you know we're ridin' with the King?
(Yes, yes, you're ridin' with the King)
(I wanted to say B.B. King, but you know the King)
You're riding, you're ridin' with the King
(Yes, you're ridin' with the King)
(Yes you are, you're ridin' with the King)
You're riding, you're ridin' with the King
(You're ridin' with the King)
(I'm a good soldier too)
Ridin' with the King
(All of you girls come on and ride with me)
Don't you know we're ridin' with the King?
(That's alright Mary, you can ride with me too if you feel like it)
Ridin' with the King
(Yes, you're ridin' with the King)
You're riding, you're riding, you're ridin' with the King
(You're ridin' with the King)
Ridin' with the King
(I'm a good soldier)
Don't you know we're ridin' with the King?
(You know you're ridin' with the King)
Written by: John Hiatt
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