words and music by Arlo Guthrie



CHORUS:

I don't want a pickle

Just want to ride on my motorsickle

And I don't want a tickle

'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle

And I don't want to die

Just want to ride on my motorcy...cle



It was late last night the other day

I thought I'd go up and see Ray

So l went up and I saw Ray

There was only one thing Ray could say, was:



CHORUS



This song is about the time that I was ridin' my motorcycle.

Going down a mountain road, at 150 miles an hour, playin'

my guitar. On one side of the mountain road there was a

mountain, and on the other side there was nothin' - there was

a cliff in the air.



Now, when you're going down a mountain road at I50 miles

an hour you gotta be very careful, especially if you're playin'

a guitar. Especially if that guitar is an acoustic guitar.

Because if it's an acoustic guitar, the wind pressure is greater

on the box side than on the neck side, because there's

more guitar on the box side. I wasn't payin' attention ..



Luckily I didn't go into the mountain - I went over the cliff.

I was goin' at 150 miles an hour sideways and 500 feet down

at the same time.



I knew it was the end. I looked down, I said ''Wow! Some

trip