# Meaning of BTO's "Let It Ride"

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**Created:** [July 27, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-btos-let-it-ride/792255 "2017-07-27T12:17:45Z")\
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> [@dba\_Fred](#):
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> While **BTO** was primarily a “crank it up” group, for thoughtful songs I invite your attention to: Blue Collar and My Wheels Won’t Turn.

Blue Collar and Wheels Won’t Turn are on the 40th Anniversary collection. I think Turner wrote both of them. He wrote or helped cowrite a lot of their songs.

Both are great songs. I bought the 40th Anniversary CD a couple years ago and still play it frequently.

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**Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-btos-let-it-ride/792255/22 "2017-07-30T04:38:05Z")

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She cheated on him, and he’s not about to forgive her or take her back.

He’s saying “If the roles were reversed, if I’d cheated on you, could you let that slide? Could you forgive that? No, you couldn’t. And I can’t either.”

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