Boy Needs A Bike (Ride Away)

   Pop works in the shop til eight
   Mom's on the phone and she's kind of irate
   Sally's doing sommersaults 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 beteween
   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