[00:37.93]Well, I met him in Minnesota,
[00:41.45]He was dark and overcast.
[00:44.93]With long, grey hair and eyes that stared
[00:48.44]Through me like I was glass.
[00:52.56]I asked "Where are you going to?
[00:55.55]He said, "I'm the wind I'm just blowing through.
[00:59.13]He lit up a cigarette and began to talk.
[01:06.14]Said:"The doctors told me that my body won't hold me,
[01:09.89]My lungs are turning black.
[01:13.37]Been a lucky strike's fool since I was at school and there ain't no turning back.
[01:20.92]They can't tell me how long I've got,
[01:24.64]Maybe months but maybe not,
[01:27.41]So I'm taking this bike and riding to New York.
[01:34.72]'Cause I wanna see my grand-daughter one last time,
[01:41.82]Wanna hold her close and feel her tiny heartbeat next to mine.
[01:48.78]Wanna see my son and the man he's become,
[01:52.44]Tell him I'm sorry for the things I've done,
[01:55.86]And I'd do it if I had to walk.
[02:03.03]Oh, I'm taking this bike and riding to New York
[02:20.55]Through the forests of Wisconsin that I knew as a boy,
[02:27.64]Past the sky line of Chicago,
[02:31.25]Round the lakes of Illinois.
[02:35.22]I lay my head in a motel bed where my back is sore and my eyes turn red,
[02:42.01]Listen to the trucks roll past my door.
[02:48.80]Through the fields of Ohio as the sunshine paints them gold.
[02:56.50]I run just like a river runs, rapid, quick and cold.
[03:03.28]And fly through Pennsylvania and the Jersey turnpike tolls.
[03:10.33]And I won't stop 'till I get to New York.
[03:17.40]'Cause I wanna see my grand-son one last time.
[03:24.42]Wanna see his eyes sparkling and stare back into mine.
[03:31.05]Now my time is shorter,
[03:33.12]I wanna see my daughter,
[03:35.07]Tell her I'm sorry for the things I taught her
[03:38.45]And I'd do it if I had to walk.
[03:44.88]Oh, I'm taking this bike and riding to New York.
[04:12.28]And I'd go up to the churchyard one last time,
[04:20.61]Lay flowers down for the woman who gave me the best years of my life,
[04:31.15]And I'd do it if I had to walk.
[04:36.72]Yeah, I'd do it if I had to walk.
[04:42.74]I'm taking this bike and riding to New York.