Virgin Motorbike

from Transportation I by Julian Cartwright

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All unborn I, just a virgin of life,
came upon a virgin motorbike.
When I came up to the light it went.
When I came up on life it went.
But then I, and just I,
came up with a version of my life.
And now I’m wastin’. . .

Early on I saw the pictures goin’ by.
Bullfrogs, billboards, everything.
Always comin’ up on the scene in the movie
where I, when I. . . .

A Schwinn is to a Harley,
as a Harley was to me.
So much I saw while goin’,
so much I didn’t see.
So much I had to phone in, lazy.
Lazy me.

Now I’m wastin’ all of my powers
and I’m watchin’ the world go by.
But then I get up close to your body
and that’s a ride.

Just like the perfect magnificent bee
lives under concrete,
my life is. . . beautiful.
Except we don’t have much to hang onto,
except we don’t have much to hang onto,
or. . . nothing.
But just as the future’s hangin’ onto our wings,
while saddled on the stripes,
I hang onto the beautiful side of life.

But I’m wastin’ all of my powers
and I’m watchin’ the world go by/
Then I get up close to your body
and that’s a ride.

I woke up a virgin,
slowed down at the curb.
Ended up emerging,
only that’s absurd.
Turning back into myself,
where I should have been in the beginning,
only now I learned.
Shouldn’t have been chasin’ nobody else. . .
back into myself.
Just like I should have been when I started out--
but in myself.
I ended up in life’s wiggles.

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from Transportation I, released March 2, 2014

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Julian Cartwright is a songwriter, instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in the Philadelphia area. Instagram @julian.cartwright.songs

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