She Rides Alone
copyright 2001, D. Leilehua Yuen

1)       She rides alone (rides alone) on her little black bike,
          She rides alone (rides alone) running on through the night.
          She rides alone (rides alone) 'neath the stars and the moon,
          She rides alone (rides alone) won't be coming back soon.

          She rides alone (rides alone) in the heat of the sun,
          She rides alone (rides alone) having so much fun.
          She rides alone (rides alone) in the wind and the rain,
          She rides alone (rides alone) and she'll do it again.

         She rides alone (rides alone). She rides alone.
         She rides alone (rides alone). She rides alone.

 
2)       She rides alone (rides alone) through the fog and the mist.
          She rides alone (rides alone) she don't wanta be kissed.
          She rides alone (rides alone) she don't need no man.
          She rides alone (rides alone) she can write her own plan.

          She rides alone (rides alone) through the straights and the turns,
          She rides alone (rides alone) she don't wanta get burned.
          She rides alone (rides alone) checking out the next bend,
          She rides alone (rides alone) on a road without end.
 
          She rides alone (rides alone). She rides alone.
          She rides alone (rides alone). She rides alone.

 3)      She rides alone (rides alone) what's she hearing behind,
          She rides alone (rides alone) that is sounding so fine,
          She rides alone (rides alone) coming up hard and fast?
          She rides alone (rides alone) is she gonna get passed?

          She rides alone (rides alone) it's another black bike
          He rides alone (rides alone) running on through the night.
          He rides alone (rides alone) 'neath the stars and the moon,
          He rides alone (rides alone) won't be coming back soon.

         He rides alone (rides alone). He rides alone.
         He rides alone (rides alone). He rides alone.

 4)      She rides alone (rides alone) on her little black bike
          He rides alone (rides alone) sees a beautiful sight
          They ride alone (ride alone) running side by side
          They ride alone (ride alone) watching each other ride

          They ride alone (ride alone)  through the fog and the mist
          They ride alone (ride alone)  is she gonna get kissed?
          They ride alone (ride alone)  she will choose her own way
          She rides alone (rides alone)  'cuz she simply can't stay
          

          She rides alone, she rides alone, she rides alone, she rides alone. . . . .

  
I really wanted to write a doo-wop song for several years, but they never seemed to "work." Then one night shortly after I had split up with yet another boyfriend, I came to the realization that not all of us are really ment to be part of a couple. Most of my happiest moments have been when I've been alone. Riding my bike is great meditation, so I was running the Saddle Road, cogitating on this realization, and the song just wrote itself around the rhythm of the road.  So, that was verses one and two. But the song just didn't seem finished. So I wrote three and four. Four originally had a different ending:

          They ride alone (ride alone) goin' round the next bend
          They ride alone (ride alone) her we politely end!

The next day I met a fellow on a black bike who became my next boyfriend. AAAAAKKK!!!!!!!  Be careful what you write - it can come true! So, I'm still wrassling with the ending of the song. Next time you log in, it may have changed again.