You can ride a bike

I rewrote the lyrics to "Drive My Car" by the Beatles to work out some feelings of frustration over the BP Oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. At the time we were contemplating getting the Peapod LT, a good quality child bike seat for the back of our X. Originally posted this in the Yahoo group Roots Radicals for all things Xtracycle, Xtracycle picked it up and posted it on their blog. It's only fitting to post it to my own blog!

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Asked my girl what she wanted to be.

She said Daddy, can't you see?

I wanna be healthy,

Have planet that's clean,

But you can do something in between...

Daddy you can ride a bike.

Pedal power's what I like.

Daddy you can ride a bike,
and we can be car free.

Ding ding a ling ling, yeah!

Told my girl that my prospects were good.
She said Daddy, it's understood.
A clean environment is more than just fine,
It gives me a chance to live a long time.

Daddy you can ride a bike.

Pedal power's what I like.

Daddy you can ride a bike,
and we can be car free.

Ding ding a ling ling, yeah!

I told my girl I can start right away
When she said listen Dad I got something to say
Just one less car is a fantastic start,
and lets get our friends to take on their part.

Friends you can ride a bike.

Bad balance? You can get a trike.

Friends you can ride a bike,

and we can be Oil free.

Ding ding a ling ling, yeah!