Pop works in the shop til eight
  Mom's on the phone and she's kind of
  Sally's doing sommersaults on the lawn
  Pop slams open the front screen door
  Just to scare mom
  She says, "What the hell did you do that for?"
  He washes his dirty hands in the sink
  And things around the table are kind of rough
  Mom says it's pa
  Pa says, "The times are just tough"
  And me and Sally don't say much of nothing at all
  The garage door light brightens up the night
  Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fight
  As though he could figure out that woman by working on that
  old car
  He said a car can cure any problem at all
  Cause of looking at all them parts makes a fight look so small
  But I wish he'd just put me and Sally in the backseat and
  drive us away
  That's when he sits me down
  He says he's gonna teach me about life
  He said, "A man needs a car and a boy needs a bike"
  I got my first taste of freedom beneath the light of the
  moon
  But if it were me
  I'd have the guts to put to test those bolts and nuts
  And I'd Ride Away so fast, so far
  Ride Away... So fast, so far
  Put away our tools
  We go back inside
  Mom feels left out and now she's starting to cry
  I wonder if all girls are crazy this way
  I wish pops would just get a (spine?)
  I said I know it's kind of small but you can borrow mine
  He just smiled and said, "Your mom means well son"
  Most times are good it's just some that are lean
  But it's love that makes up for those times in beteween
  He got a tear in his eye as he took mamma's hand
  said one day I'd understand
  But if it were me
  I'd have the guts to put to test those bolts and nuts
  And I'd Ride Away so far, so fast
  Ride Away so fast so far
  Ride Away