Leather and Chrome

Stared work on the frame late September
I remember all your Leather & Chrome
All the blood, sweat and pain
You’d do it all again just to
listen to that engine moan
Oh well didn’t you get close
After years of long days
Close to that dream you never did outgrow
And I remember you saying
I will build this bike and ride to California
I will ride the open roads that call me across the sea
But if my body should grow weak
And it gets the best of me
Would you ride with me the wind and live my dream
I thought you couldn’t wait
To hop abroad your iron horse
Let out the clutch and go
I saw the joy in your face slowly fade
As you said there’s something that I ought to know
I will build this bike and ride to California
I will ride the open roads that call me across the sea
But now my body’s growing weak
And it gets the best of me
So you should you ride with the wind and live my dream
You said those fifty states I’ll never see
New York City, Tennessee
I’ll never watch the sun rise and fall out in the west
Never lay my head on Venice Beach
Never hear the preachers preach
They’ll never cleanse my soul till there’s
no darkness left
And as I watched you slip away
I was sure I heard you say
You must climb my iron horse and you must ride
Float like a feather in the breeze
And don’t feel bad when you think of me
I’ll be right there riding by your side
You know I’ll be right there riding by your side
So I took my father’s bike to ride to California
I’ll ride the open roads, the ones he longed to see
With his leather and his chrome
And no place to call my own
I’ll ride with the wind and live his dream