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red western flyer

from crooked by Jaime Michaels

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red western flyer
(jaime michaels) from a story by kb marie

there's a hill in nebraska
it ain't much of a hill
but when i close my eyes
i can picture it still
i'd ride straight to the top
i could see the whole world
that's a big enough mountain
for a little town girl

we were always together
me and that bike
i called her dolores
just a name that i liked
she had one rusty pedal
and a little tin bell
and a clanky old chain
whose song i know well

with the sun on my face
and the wind in my hair
it was me and dolores
always headin' somewhere
mile after mile
day after day
singing our song in our clankity way

fat tires and a headlight
that sometimes came on
only one speed
but that's enough to get gone
for a brave little kid with a burning desire
to go sailing the world on a red western flyer

time has its own way of not standing still
pretty soon childhood mountains are just
left behind hills
it's hard to imagine that you ever i'd feel
all alone in these towers of concrete and steel

yes, a big city sadness came to live in my eyes
til one day as i wandered
much to my surprise
right there in a window
with a big "for sale" sign
was a brand new dolores
i just know she was mine

well, it goes without saying i found me a way
to get me that flyer and get flying away
and now me and dolores
we're both doing fine
changing this sad world
one smile at a time

fat tires and a headlight
that sometimes came on
only one speed
but that's enough to get gone
for a brave little kid with a burning desire
to go sailing the world on a red western flyer
i'm sailing the world on a red western flyer
and it's a beautiful world on a red western flyer

© 2008 blue mole music/BMI

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from crooked, released August 18, 2009
jaime - acoustic guitar and vocals
mark clark - percussion
george breakfast - bass and mandolin
char rothschild - tine whistles
siobhan quinn - vocals
michael bowers - vocals

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Jaime Michaels Santa Fe, New Mexico

A venue operator in California referred to Jaime Michaels as a “songwriters’ songwriter.” He's teamed with award winning producer, Jono Manson for 9 of his11 albums. Jono and Jaime produced a new collection of originals called “if you fall” released in June of 2019 on Appaloosa Records. It’s being played on folk radio programs worldwide. His latest single" , "in my home" is out now. ... more

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