A Boy Needs A Bike Ride Away lyrics

Pop works in the shop til eight
Mom`s on the phone and she`s kind of irate
Sally`s doing summersaults on the lawn
Pop slams open the front screen door
Just to scare mom
She says, `What the hell did you do that for?`
He washes his dirty hands in the sink
And things around the table are kind of rough
Mom says it`s pa
Pa says, `The times are just tough`
And me and Sally don`t say much of nothing at all
The garage door light brightens up the night
Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fight
As though he could figure out that woman by working on that
old car
He said a car can cure any problem at all
Cause of looking at all them parts makes a fight look so small
But I wish he`d just put me and Sally in the backseat and
drive us away
That`s when he sits me down
He says he`s gonna teach me about life
He said, `A man needs a car and a boy needs a bike`
I got my first taste of freedom beneath the light of the moon
But if it were me
I`d have the guts to put to test those bolts and nuts
And I`d Ride Away so fast, so far
Ride Away... So fast, so far
Put away our tools
We go back inside
Mom feels left out and now she`s starting to cry
I wonder if all girls are crazy this way
I wish pops would just get a spine
I said I know it`s kind of small but you can borrow mine
He just smiled and said, `Your mom means well son`
Most times are good it`s just some that are lean
But it`s love that makes up for those times in between
He got a tear in his eye as he took mamma`s hand
said one day I`d understand
But if it were me
I`d have the guts to put to test those bolts and nuts
And I`d Ride Away so far, so fast
Ride Away so fast so far
Ride Away