The Bike-Amy Correia

[ti:The Bike] [ar:Amy Correia] [al:Carnival Love] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Bike - Amy Correia [00:14.65]I became the heiress to a red and rusted bicycle [00:19.69]Built like a tank from Sears Roebuck circa 1952 [00:24.11] [00:24.66]It had been entrusted to me by my late great uncle Pat [00:29.43]And I guess he didn't ride it much [00:32.27]Both tires on the bike were flat [00:36.06] [00:39.90]Pat had died at Christmas time in 1991 [00:43.74] [00:44.48]He had fallen off the wagon [00:47.06]And he sunk into a Christmas funk [00:49.75]My father he had found him [00:52.16]Two days after he had died [00:54.19] [00:54.70]Well he drank himself to death one night [00:57.29]In a little home he owned by the seaside [00:59.68]Well I took the bike and I cleaned it up [01:02.19]My father he patched up the tires [01:04.70]Am I going to town or just spinning my wheels [01:07.47]And when I die I wonder how it feels [01:10.11]Hey and I'm riding around riding around on it [01:15.41]Hey just riding around riding around on it [01:20.45]Hey you know I'm riding around [01:24.02]Riding around on it hey [01:26.01] [01:30.38]The funeral service was a few days later [01:32.59]At a place down the street from where he had lived [01:35.14]There wasn't a hell of a turn out [01:37.66]He had never married and he never had kids [01:40.11]The coffin lid was open [01:42.68]Pat was lying inside [01:45.25]His sister had a picture of a poodle named Pepper [01:47.92]She put it in his hand and then she cried [01:50.52] [01:55.46]Now I'm riding around in the city [01:57.85]Through the smog and the summer heat [01:59.46] [02:00.32]And I'm blowing through all the red lights [02:02.96]I guess you could say I'm feeling lucky [02:05.35]And the taxis and the trucks [02:07.03] [02:07.94]Everybody's blowin' their horns [02:09.97] [02:10.56]And I got a bicycle bell to ring [02:12.63] [02:13.16]And I got a notion to sing as I'm riding along [02:16.24]Hey and I'm riding around riding around on it [02:21.15]Hey just riding around riding around on it [02:26.21]Hey you know I'm riding around [02:29.58]Riding around on it hey [02:31.82] [02:36.28]Tudududududu [02:37.33] [02:38.51]Tudududududu tudududududu tudududududu [02:42.29] [02:43.58]Tudududududu tudududududu tudududududu [02:47.50] [02:48.64]Tududududu tudutudu [02:50.42] [02:52.02]Well I didn't even really know him at all [02:56.11] [02:56.91]And I wonder can he see me [03:00.74]As I'm riding along [03:03.76]Riding along hey [03:07.48] [03:16.32]The day that Pat was buried [03:18.06] [03:18.87]The air was cold and clear [03:21.00]And we drove out to the cemetery [03:24.02]And snow flew around in the air [03:26.31]And a hired man from the State [03:28.33]He played taps on a coronet [03:30.38] [03:31.33]And a flag was presented to his sister [03:33.44] [03:34.00]For time in the service that Pat had spent [03:36.23]When he used to ride on the bike [03:38.32] [03:38.93]Way back in 52 [03:40.81] [03:41.34]He was starting out a life [03:43.19] [03:43.88]And the bike it was brand new [03:46.40]And life was laid before him like [03:49.11]A platter before a king [03:51.50]He was young and he was handsome [03:54.14]And the world was alive with meaning hey hey [03:58.52] [03:59.08]And the world was alive with meaning hey [04:03.21] [04:04.06]And I'm riding around riding around on it hey [04:08.53] [04:09.11]Just riding around riding around on it hey [04:13.59] [04:14.17]You know I'm riding around [04:15.78]Riding around on it hey [04:19.15]Just riding around riding around on it [04:22.44]Hey I'm riding around [04:25.81]Riding around on it [04:27.53]Hey I'm riding around [04:30.93]Riding around on it [04:32.48]Hey I'm riding around [04:35.94]Riding around on it [04:37.58]Hey I'm riding around [04:41.01]Riding around on it hey [04:44.52]I'm riding around [04:46.05]Riding around