Alice Wallace - Motorcycle Ride Lyrics

The coffee shop was empty, except a table by the door
A 10-minute conversation, we're not strangers anymore
And I knew what I would answer before he even asked
Something about the way he held his shoulders when he laughed
Small talk in the suburbs to flying 80 on the 10
Just me and him and a Moto guzzi bike between our legs
The interstate gave way to the winding mountain roads
I leaned into the curves as if I knew how this should go

I've always been the girl
To hang back and play it safe
So afraid of getting hurt
By the risks I never take
But I learned two things that night
Don't hang on too tight and always take that motorcycle ride

The mountain air was sweet, and I sipped it in like wine
His cabin smelled of redwood and linseed oil and time.
I steadied on his arm, still feeling the bike move
After holding on so hard to everything I had to prove

We drifted round in circles on the lake all afternoon
Stories of our lives and loves and phases of the moon
I couldn't tell you whether it was waxing or it waned
But it moves so slow and slight that I never see it change

I've always been the girl
To hang back and play it safe
So afraid of getting hurt
By the risks I never take
But I learned two things that night
Don't hang on too tight and always take that motorcycle ride

Some people cross your path and you know they'll always stay
Others fly you up a mountain and they're gone the way they came
But that day up at the cabin and that night spent in the pines,
That boy and his bike are ever gentle on my mind.

I've always been the girl
To hang back and play it safe
So afraid of getting hurt
By the risks I never take
But I learned two things that night
Don't hang on too tight and always take that motorcycle ride