
Date of issue: 29.10.2012
Record label: Big Sky
Song language: English
The Ride |
Think I’ll go for a ride |
Take the bike out of the shed |
Make a fresh start |
Get out of my head |
When the head spins |
There is no joy |
Put me on the saddle |
And I’m a little boy |
A little boy on a mission |
Like the Tour de France |
We’re like Fred and Ginger |
When they’re doing their dance |
To the sound of rubber |
Out on the old bog road |
Through the gorse and the heather |
I’m as free as a bird |
It helps me remember |
How good it used to be |
Feeling like a king |
The bike, the road, and me |
Think I’ll go for a ride |
Every ride has victories |
Challenges and trials |
You hope the skies don’t open |
When home is many miles |
You think you’re just cruising |
Life is flowing along |
A fall or a puncture |
Anything can go wrong |
Then you know you’re vulnerable |
At the mercy of the wind |
With every hill you climb |
You begin and begin and begin |
Begin to be a spokesman |
With the freedom of the road |
You see the Wicklow Mountains |
And you know you have to go |
I think I’ll go for a ride |
Summer evenings on the road |
The cool breeze in my hair |
Poetry in motion |
On two wheels around Kildare |
There are cycling heroes |
Each one is my pal |
They inspire me when I’m pedaling |
By the river or canal |
Some days I’m like Sean Kelly |
Some days I’m David Byrne |
Pedaling through Dublin |
Or Portland Oregon |
Mic Christopher in dreadlocks |
Donal Lunny and Olwen Fouere |
Cycling through the city |
Waving to them all there |
Name | Year |
---|---|
I Need Love | 1992 |
January Blues | 2016 |
All I Want Is a Room Somewhere | 2018 |
Wave up to the Shore | 2016 |
If I Were a Carpenter | 2000 |
Holding Back the River | 1994 |
The Fertile Rock | 1994 |
Dreams in America | 1990 |
Black Is the Colour | 1994 |
Gone to Pablo | 1990 |
Sanctuary | 1994 |
I Believe in You | 1992 |
Delirious | 1990 |
Exploring the Blue | 1992 |
Diamond Mountain | 1994 |
Perfect Groove | 2001 |
Be Well | 1992 |
Can't Help Falling in Love | 1992 |
An Irishman in Chinatown | 1990 |
You Couldn't Have Come at a Better Time | 1990 |