Hitchin' A Ride
Vanity Fare

Written by Peter Callender and Mitch Murray

Peaked at # 5 in 1970
Vanity Fare's last and all-time biggest Top 40 hit. Later used for a mass-transit 
public-service TV commercial in Southern California during the early 1990s.



A thumb goes up, a car goes by
It's nearly 1 a.m. and here am I
Hitchin' a ride, hitchin' a ride
Gotta get me home by the morning light

I got no fare to ride a train
I'm nearly drowin' in the pouring rain
Hitchin' a ride, hitchin' a ride
Gotta get me home to my baby's side

	Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride
	Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride

Long distance call I got today
She sounded lonely so I'm on my way
Hitchin' a ride, hitchin' a ride
Gotta get me home, keep her satisfied



	Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride
	Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride

A thumb goes up, a car goes by
Oh, won't somebody stop and help a guy?
Hitchin' a ride, hitchin' a ride
Been away too long from my baby's side

	Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride
	Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride

	Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride
	Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride

	Ride, ride
	Ride, ride
	Ride, ride
	Ride, ride
FADE
	Ride, ride

source: Robin Hood

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