Livingston Taylor - Bicycle lyrics

I ride my bicycle to work each day It's not so far It's better for me than my car. I wear a helmet that is made of Rigid Styrofoam Inspected by a French guy named Guillaume. I downshift my Shimanno gears I pedal hard and I'm out of here Glad I am that the coast is clear Glad I am to be My bicycle and me. Some Saturdays at six a.m. I get up With Bill and Flo In the parking lot of Ho Jo's west of town We ride light bikes that cost big bucks We curse at smelly trucks Mile after mile 'til the sun is almost down. What a ride, what a life Maybe I'm crazy, don't ask my wife I've been in love with these spinning wheels Since I was maybe three My bicycle and me. Pedal that bike, pedal that bike Don't open that door 'til I go by. Pedal that bike, pedal that bike That little old lady in the Dodge Diplomat I don't think she sees me I hope she don't teach me how to fly. I wear Lycra, it fits really closely to my skin White to purple is the place where it begins I pad my bu*t and I'm careful To stay out of ruts Wrap around sungla**es, I'm an alien Feel my heart go pit-a-pat Hello big hill good-bye fat Life goes by just like that A forty something spree is My bicycle and me.