That got me thinking: what are the great Country songs about motorcycles? Quite frankly, there's one that stands heads and shoulders above any other country song.
Normally in these posts I try to give some background about the singer, and why it's relevant, and why someone might want to listen to something they're never heard before. But not today.
C'mon - it's Merle. With bikes and blondes and a wailing saxophone. And a dang fine Two Step beat.
Motorcycle Cowboy (songwriter: Merle Haggard)
I married me a hippy ran away with a stringy haired blonde,Damn. If you don't like this, I'm afraid we can't be friends anymore. Just sayin'.
Lord I married me a hippy ran away with a stringy haired blonde.
Now were both gold and happy fishin on our own golden pond.
Hey I love my biker baby she loves her guitar pickin pal,
Lord I love my harley mama she loves her guitar pickin pal.
I'm her motorcycle cowboy she's my long tall gal.
When the party's over it's really over for good,
I said when that party is over it's really over for good.
Honey everything changes wouldn't change back if I could.
Yeah aint got no driveway park my hog out on the lawn,
Aint got no driveway park my big old hog out on the lawn.
Now I aint got much money got a long tall blonde.
I'm her motorcycle cowboy she's my stringy haired blonde,
I married me a hippy ran away with a stringy haired blonde.
Now were both gold and happy fishin on our own golden pond.
3 comments:
Oh man, that is you now!
Great tune, I just wish music videos would show more than two seconds of a scene. Some people have attention spans longer than a hamster's and it is frustrating to say the least.
Great post.
I saw Merle many a year ago at a gun show in Anderson ,CA. He has a home in the area.
I did not see anyone talk to him, ask for autographs, etc.
People around here give him breathing room, just like any neighbor.
maybe not completely about bikes, but...
Toby Keith - Chrome - mentions an Electra glide
Alan Jackson - Still Like Bologna - mentions a Knucklehead (at least, on my copy it does)
There are plenty that mention bikes.
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