[00:14.90]I became the heiress to a red and rusted bicycle
[00:19.30]Built like a tank from Sears Roebuck circa 1952
[00:24.99]It had been entrusted to me by my late great uncle Pat
[00:29.72]And I guess he didn't ride it much
[00:32.58]Both tires on the bike were flat
[00:39.98]Pat had died at Christmas time in 1991
[00:44.98]He had fallen off the wagon
[00:47.44]And he sunk into a Christmas funk
[00:50.06]My father he had found him
[00:52.37]Two days after he had died
[00:54.89]Well he drank himself to death one night
[00:58.15]In a little home he owned by the seaside
[00:59.90]When I took the bike and I cleaned it up
[01:02.44]And my father he patched up the tires
[01:05.81]Am I going to town or just spinning my wheels
[01:09.39]And when I die I wonder how it feels
[01:12.24]Hey and I'm riding around riding around on it
[01:15.80]Hey just riding around riding around on it
[01:21.00]Hey you know I'm riding around
[01:26.93]riding around on it. Hey!
[01:30.74]The funeral service was a few days later
[01:33.17]At a place down the street from where he had lived
[01:35.55]There wasn't a hell of a turn out
[01:37.88]He had never married and he never had kids
[01:40.64]The coffin lid was open
[01:43.07]Pat was lying inside
[01:45.79]His sister had a picture of a poodle named Pepper
[01:48.25]She put it in his hand and then she cried
[01:55.81]Now I'm riding around in the city
[01:58.25]Through the smog and the summer heat
[02:00.55]And I'm blowing through all the red lights
[02:03.39]I guess you could say I'm feeling lucky
[02:05.94]And the taxis and the trucks
[02:08.38]Everybody's blowin' their horns
[02:10.90]And I got a bicycle bell to ring
[02:13.51]And I got a notion to sing as I'm riding along
[02:16.61]Hey and I'm riding around riding
[02:21.48]Hey just riding around riding around on it
[02:27.80]Hey you know I'm riding around
[02:47.10]chorus
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[02:52.15]Well I didn't even really know him at all
[02:57.42]And I wonder can he see me
[03:01.02]As I'm riding along
[03:04.30]Riding along
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[03:17.03]The day that Pat was buried
[03:19.22]The air was cold and clear
[03:21.48]And we drove out to the cemetery
[03:24.37]And snow flew around in the air
[03:26.64]And a hired man from the State
[03:28.73]He played taps on a coronet
[03:31.70]And a flag was presented to his sister
[03:34.22]For time in the service that Pat had spent
[03:36.61]When he used to ride on the bike
[03:39.33]Way back in ‘52
[03:41.77]He was starting out a life
[03:44.35]And the bike it was brand new
[03:47.05]And life was laid before him like
[03:48.56]a platter before a king
[03:52.02]He was young and he was handsome
[03:54.31]and the world was alive with meaning
[03:56.75]Hey Hey
[04:00.01]The world was alive with meaning
[04:02.45]Hey and I'm riding around riding around on it
[04:07.84]Hey just riding around riding around on it
[04:14.30]Hey you know I'm riding around
[04:18.50]riding around on it. Hey!
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