[ti:Riding To New York]
[ar:Passenger]
[al:Whispers]
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[00:00.42]Riding To New York - Passenger
[00:38.04]Well, I met him in Minnesota,
[00:39.80]
[00:41.52]He was dark and overcast.
[00:43.58]
[00:45.04]With long,
[00:45.54]grey hair and eyes that stared
[00:48.55]Through me like I was glass.
[00:50.53]
[00:52.73]I asked "Where are you going to?"
[00:54.94]
[00:55.79]He said, "I'm the wind
[00:57.23]I'm just blowing through."
[00:58.55]
[00:59.33]He lit up a cigarette and began to talk.
[01:03.22]
[01:06.29]Said:
[01:06.68]"The doctors told me
[01:08.05]that my body won't hold me,
[01:10.19]My lungs are turning black.
[01:11.74]
[01:13.61]Been a lucky strike's fool
[01:15.36]since I was at school
[01:17.18]and there ain't no turning back.
[01:19.13]
[01:21.39]They can't tell me how long I've got,
[01:23.66]
[01:24.94]Maybe months but maybe not,
[01:27.00]
[01:27.90]So I'm taking this bike
[01:29.43]and riding to New York.
[01:31.73]
[01:35.02]'Cause I wanna see my grand-daughter
[01:38.08]one last time,
[01:38.99]
[01:42.27]Wanna hold her close
[01:43.53]and feel her tiny heartbeat next to mine.
[01:47.96]
[01:49.30]Wanna see my son
[01:50.60]and the man he's become,
[01:52.28]
[01:52.92]Tell him I'm sorry for the things I've done,
[01:55.64]
[01:56.22]And I'd do it if I had to walk.
[01:58.36]
[02:03.68]Oh, I'm taking this bike
[02:05.01]and riding to New York
[02:07.40]
[02:21.20]Through the forests of Wisconsin
[02:23.45]
[02:24.98]that I knew as a boy,
[02:26.80]
[02:28.27]Past the sky line of Chicago,
[02:30.53]
[02:31.86]Round the lakes of Illinois.
[02:33.67]
[02:35.99]I lay my head in a motel bed
[02:38.41]
[02:39.02]where my back is sore
[02:40.39]and my eyes turn red,
[02:41.91]
[02:42.55]Listen to the trucks roll past my door.
[02:46.42]
[02:49.65]Through the fields of Ohio
[02:51.92]
[02:53.19]as the sunshine paints them gold.
[02:55.52]
[02:57.39]I run just like a river runs,
[02:59.77]
[03:00.62]rapid, quick and cold.
[03:02.31]
[03:03.93]And fly through Pennsylvania
[03:05.95]
[03:07.61]and the Jersey turnpike tolls.
[03:09.46]
[03:11.20]And I won't stop
[03:12.38]'till I get to New York.
[03:14.94]
[03:18.29]'Cause I wanna see my grand-son
[03:20.43]
[03:21.12]one last time.
[03:22.18]
[03:25.30]Wanna see his eyes sparkling
[03:27.76]and stare back into mine.
[03:30.84]
[03:32.18]Now my time is shorter,
[03:33.95]I wanna see my daughter,
[03:36.05]Tell her I'm sorry all the things
[03:37.98]that I have taught her
[03:39.30]And I'd do it if I had to walk.
[03:41.30]
[03:45.99]Oh, I'm taking this bike
[03:48.13]and riding to New York.
[03:50.21]
[04:13.33]And I'd go up to the churchyard
[04:15.57]
[04:16.79]one last time,
[04:18.01]
[04:21.69]Lay flowers down for the woman
[04:24.02]who gave me the best years of my life,
[04:28.05]
[04:32.16]And I'd do it if I had to walk.
[04:34.19]
[04:37.71]I'd do it if I had to walk.
[04:39.79]
[04:43.87]I'm taking this bike
[04:45.36]and riding to New York."
[04:49.38]