" Red Ridge Cliff "

“Red Ridge Cliff”

(Lyrics By Gerald Logan)

(Verse 1)

It was a stormy summer night, whiskey burnin’ in my veins

We kissed under the lightning, tryin’ to outrun the rain

She said she had to go, catch that late-night flight

Didn’t know the devil was waitin’ in the night

(Chorus)

The hail came slammin’ down, rain poundin’ like a fist

The road turned slick, and fate showed its twist

That’s when I lost her, my heart tore to bits

She went over the edge… of Red Ridge Cliff

(Verse 2)

Her perfume still lingers in the leather of my truck

Her laughter’s in the echoes, and it leaves me stuck

I can’t drink enough bourbon to drown out the pain

Every storm I hear feels like that night again

(Chorus)

The hail came slammin’ down, rain poundin’ like a fist

The road turned slick, and fate showed its twist

That’s when I lost her, my heart tore to bits

She went over the edge… of Red Ridge Cliff

(Bridge)

If I’d begged her to stay, if I’d held her real tight

Would she still be alive, or gone in the night?

Now the thunder’s my witness, and the lightning don’t lie

I curse at the heavens, but get no reply

(Chorus) (hard & raw)

The hail came slammin’ down, rain poundin’ like a fist

The road turned slick, and fate showed its twist

That’s when I lost her, my soul can’t forgive

That storm took her from me… at Red Ridge Cliff

(Outro)

Now I ride with the shadows, haunted and stiff

Forever damned to the ghost… of Red Ridge Cliff.