I was jammin’ along through the Open Space today,
Me and the cross bike feelin’ okay,
Jumpin’ and bouncin’ our way cross the dusty slopes.
When suddenly, it occured to me,
There’s nobody as far as I can see,
So let’s slow us down, pull back a little on these here ropes.

My head gets to thinkin’ why bust our ass,
Why kill ourselves, no need to go so fast,
Take ‘er easy, slow down and enjoy a little of this ride.
Take ‘er easy(?) screamed the legs in full revolt,
As if suddenly struck by a lightning bolt,
And they opened up the throttle, as the brain became a little fried.

The heart and lungs, they were sittin’ comfortable,
When they noticed the attack, as we bounced across the rubble,
They put ‘er in gear, to see if we couldn’t open up a gap.
Gap(?) thought the brain, as it seemed the game was on,
All I said, was slow down, no harm in that son,
But I can see that y’all ain’t the type to get caught out in a nap.

So the head said let’s go, if it’s go you want to go,
And started barkin’ out orders, my attitude startin’ to grow,
As we whipped it up into a frightful furious pace.
With my eyeballs takin’ in the fast approachin’ terrain,
And everything else shoved to the side in my brain,
There was nothin’ left, ‘cept maybe for the pain on my face.

The legs smiled hard, as the pain set in,
And the lungs did too, the heart in full grin,
Don’t take a day off they seemed to say to the brain through all of the pain.
With the fall fast approachin’, the racin’ season a near,
Got to train up some speed, rip the dirt without fear,
And get it on with the deamons that conjur themselves up in the brain.

October 8th, 2006

See you there,

Johnny GoFast