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I don't want a pickle Just want to ride on my motorsickle And I don't want a tickle 'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle And I don't want to die Just want to ride on my motorcy...cle It was late last night the other day I thought I'd go up and see Ray So l went up and I saw Ray There was only one thing Ray could say, was: This song is about the time that I was ridin' my motorcycle. Going down a mountain road, at 150 miles an hour, playin' my guitar. On one side of the mountain road there was a mountain, and on the other side there was nothin' - there was a cliff in the air. Now, when you're going down a mountain road at I50 miles an hour you gotta be very careful, especially if you're playin' a guitar. Especially if that guitar is an acoustic guitar. Because if it's an acoustic guitar, the wind pressure is greater on the box side than on the neck side, because there's more guitar on the box side. I wasn't payin' attention .. Luckily I didn't go into the mountain - I went over the cliff. I was goin' at 150 miles an hour sideways and 500 feet down at the same time. I knew it was the end. I looked down, I said ''Wow! Some trip". I thought it...well I knew it was...I knew it was my last trip, and in my last remaining seconds in world,I decided to write one last farewell song to the world. Put a new ink cartridge in my pen. Took out a piece of paper. I sat back and I thought awhile. Then I started writin': I don't want a pickle Just want to ride on my motorsickle And I don't want a tickle 'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle And I don't want to die Just want to ride on my motorcy ...cle." I knew that, it wasn't the best song l ever wrote, but I didn't have time to change it. I was comin' down mighty fast. But as you all know, and as fate would have it, I didn't die. I landed on the top of a police car. And he died. I drove away on the road that he was on. I came into town at a screamin' 175 miles an hour, playin' the motorcycle song.

Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo often sings songs of protest against social injustice. One of Guthrie's works is "Alice's Restaurant Massacre", a talking blues song that lasts for 18 minutes.

Arlo Guthrie Alice's Restaurant

I dreamed you, I saw your face. Cut my lifeline when drifting through space. I saw an angel, I saw my fate. I can only thank God it was not too late. . Over mountains, I floated away. Cross an ocean, I dreamed her name. I followed an angel down through the gates. I can only thank God it was not too late. Sing a little song of loneliness, Sing one to make me smile. Another round for everyone, I'm here for a little while. Now I'm walkin' This street on my own. But she's with me Everywhere I go. Yeah, I found an angel, I found my place. I can only thank God it was not too late. I can only thank God it was not too late.

Well I started out down a dirty road Started out all alone And the sun went down, as I crossed the hill And the town lit up, the world got still I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing Well the good ol' days, may not return And the rocks might melt & the sea may burn I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing Well some say life will beat you down,break your heart, steal your crown So I've started out, for God knows where I guess I'll know when I get there I'm learning to fly, around the clouds, But what goes up must come down I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing

Well I won't back down, no I won't back down you could stand me up at the gates of hell but I won't back down Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around and I'll keep this world from draggin' me down gonna stand my ground and I won't back down Chorus Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out hey I will stand my ground and I won't back down Well I know what's right, I got just one life in a world that keeps on pushin' me around but I'll stand my ground and I won't back down Hey baby there ain't no easy way out hey I will stand my ground and I won't back down