Motorcycle Parts and Plumbing Supplies
copyright 2001, D. Leilehua Yuen

 

1)     Motorcycle parts and plumbing supplies
        Stacked upon my floor
        Motorcycle parts and plumbing supplies
        Piled up to my door

        The kitchen sink is leaking
        I gotta change my oil
        The sun is shining today
        Motorcycle parts and plumbing supplies
        And I just wanna ride away

 2)     Motorcycle parts and plumbing supplies,
        Stacked upon my floor
        Motorcycle parts and plumbing supplies
        Piled up to my door

        Gotta change the gaskets
        In my kitchen and my bike
        Before I can ride away
        Motorcycle parts and plumbing supplies
        And the sun is shining today

 3)   Motorcycle parts and plumbing supplies
       Need I say much more
       Motorcycle parts and plumbing supplies
       Just another chore 

      Gotta quit my bitchin’
      Get my wrenching done
      Cuz the sun is shining today
      Use those motorcycle parts and plumbing supplies
      So I can ride away

      Motorcycle parts and plumbing supplies
      Motorcycle parts and plumbing supplies
      Motorcycle parts and plumbing supplies
      Better stop whining
      Cuz the sun is shining
      And I gotta get riding today

 
I had just had a house full of guests, good fun, good music, laughter, all the best of life. But as the old saying goes, even the tastiest fish stinks after three days, and I had been cranking full-out for several weeks. Neither I nor my 1932 plumbing could stand the strain. Just as I was about to take the bike out for stress-blowing  ride up the twisties of Mauna Kea, one of my houseguests informed me that the ktichen sink was overflowing. I tried ramming a snake down the thing, and the gadget went right through the ancient trap, sending water flooding across the kitchen floor. I went downstairs to fire up the bike and get some plumbing supplies. Not only was the bike leaking oil, bit the odometer said he was due for a change, anyway. I came home loaded down with motorcycle parts and plumbing supplies, spread them out across the kitchen floor, and went to work. It was a glorious day. I finally got the kitchen plumbing repaired - as anyone with an older house knows, if you fix one thing, several others will break - chainged my oil, replaced a gasket, and got ready to ride. Then the rain started. Oh, well. I'm sure ready for when it quits!