Generally, most time on the bike is spent without conversation, since it's rare to be able to ride side by side. So it's a great opportunity for thinking as you ride and I enjoy the chance to reflect as I cycle by such beautiful scenery.
But the other thing that happens to me is that random songs get stuck in my head and play over and over. Like, I'll see a Chevrolet and then its "Bye, bye Miss American Pie".
Or when we rode by a sign for Blue River, I found "Moon River" running through my head.
Other times, it's "This is the worst trip, I've ever been on" (even though that isn't true).
But on this trip, I somehow remembered a song from my Catholic childhood and I cannot shake it from my personal soundtrack:
"It's a looooong road to freedom
A winding steep and high.
But when you walk in love
With the wind on your wing.
And cover the earth
With the songs you sing,
The Miles Fly By!"
It could be worse. At least I'm not hearing Michael Jackson songs anymore.
I did not know that you were thinking of songs while riding. I sometimes think of a fun song on a long climb to make it easier to keep pedaling the bicycle.
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