Story Behind The Song
My girlfriend has 4 boys. + the husband. Her garage hold a plethora of bikes, skates, skateboards, and now CARS.
Song Description
A loving look at how a man ages and his life changes, but some passions stay the same. Things that move on wheels. From childhood to retirement, 0-60!
| Song Length |
4:07 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Delighted, Gracious |
Subject |
Boys, Men, Philosophy |
| Similar Artists |
Jimmy Buffett, Reba Mcentire |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
BOY ON WHEELS c.1998 Sally Fingerett
Little tike riding on his little trike roaring through the neighborhood
A sunny little towhead, tornado all in bright red, he?s looking good,
He?s just a boy on wheels, he?s just a boy on wheels.
Mom?s a little nervous, the kid?s a little reckless, he up and goes,
Papa says ?it?s all right, Mom?s a little uptight? inside he knows,
That?s just a boy on wheels, he?s just a boy on wheels.
CHORUS:
Wind up the wind, and away we go,
there?s no point in going, if you gotta go....slow!
Later in the sixties, racing on a ten speed, look how he flies.
Ride?s the streets everywhere, he no longer cuts his hair,
it?s his disguise,his mother cries...?Oh my?he?s a girl on wheels?
Moms a little nervous, the kid is acting senseless,
she wants him home
Papa says ?It?s okay, he needs to find his own way,
leave him alone,? inside he knows...that?s just a boy on wheels,
CHORUS:
Wind up the wind, and away we go,
there?s no point in going, if you gotta go....slow!
There?s a motor bike in college, he smokes a little foliage, out in LA
He tanks her up and shifts her, hangs out like a drifter in Monterey
He loves the way it feels, to be a boy on wheels
BRIDGE:
Now there?s a girl, on skates she flies,
she steals his heart - their life goes rolling by.
Their kids are off an running? he thinks about retiring, he can?t sit still
He needs to find the answers to move a little faster up,
up, over the hill
She buys him brand new wheels, two seater stud-mobile.
Youth cannot escape him when he?s set in motion
from underneath the hood
Got a sunburn on his bald head, tornado in a corvette,
he?s looking good
He?s just a boy on wheels, that?s just a boy on wheels.
CHORUS:
Wind up the wind, and away we go,
there?s no point in going, if you gotta go....slow!
So say the boy(s) on wheels, so say the boy(s) on wheels.