Bruce covered the song only once in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles on 1981-08-20 during a benefit concert for the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation in 1981. Ballad Of The Easy Rider is a song written by Roger McGuinn with input from Bob Dylan (although Dylan is not credited as a co-writer) for the 1969 film, Easy Rider. The song was initially released in August 1969 on the Easy Rider soundtrack album as a Roger McGuinn solo performance. It was later issued in an alternate version as a single by McGuinn’s band The Byrds on October 1, 1969.
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Ballad Of Easy Rider
The river flows, it flows to the sea
Wherever that river goes that’s where I want to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town
All he wanted was to be free
And that’s the way it turned out to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town
Flow river flow, past the shady trees
Go river go, go to the sea
Flow to the sea
The river flows, it flows to the sea
Wherever it goes that’s where I want to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town