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Pop works in the shop til eight
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Mom's on the phone and she's kind of irate
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Sally's doing summersaults on the lawn
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Pop slams open the front screen door
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Just to scare mom
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She says, "What the hell did you do that for?"
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He washes his dirty hands in the sink
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And things around the table are kind of rough
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Mom says it's pa
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Pa says, "The times are just tough"
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And me and Sally don't say much of nothing at all
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The garage door light brightens up the night
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Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fight
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As though he could figure out that woman by working on that
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old car
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He said a car can cure any problem at all
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Cause of looking at all them parts makes a fight look so small
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But I wish he'd just put me and Sally in the backseat and
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drive us away
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That's when he sits me down
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He says he's gonna teach me about life
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He said, "A man needs a car and a boy needs a bike"
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I got my first taste of freedom beneath the light of the moon
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But if it were me
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I'd have the guts to put to test those bolts and nuts
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And I'd Ride Away so fast, so far
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Ride Away... So fast, so far
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Put away our tools
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We go back inside
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Mom feels left out and now she's starting to cry
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I wonder if all girls are crazy this way
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I wish pops would just get a spine
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I said I know it's kind of small but you can borrow mine
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He just smiled and said, "Your mom means well son"
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Most times are good it's just some that are lean
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But it's love that makes up for those times in between
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He got a tear in his eye as he took mamma's hand
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said one day I'd understand
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But if it were me
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I'd have the guts to put to test those bolts and nuts
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And I'd Ride Away so far, so fast
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Ride Away so fast so far
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Ride Away
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A Boy Needs A Bike (Ride Away)
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| Jewel |
