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