Ridin' Thumb - King Curtis, Cornell Dupree, Jerry Jemmott

See the man on the black top highway

Movin' past a no man’s land

All alone on the black top highway

Movin' just as fast as he can

Ridin' thumb, ridin' thumb

Left his home down in Macon, Georgia

Left the shade of an old oak tree

Got his dreams in his left front pocket

Got his eye squinted towards the sea

Ridin' thumb, ridin' thumb

He don’t care where the road goes

Just as long as he gets his ride

And he don’t need no food and water

He just lets his conscience be his guide

Ridin' thumb, ridin' thumb

Left his sister and his mama cryin'

Beggin' him not to leave that day

Said he’d write but they knew he was a-lyin'

Never got no raise, never got no pay

Ridin' thumb, ridin' thumb