The Veloway lyrics

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The Veloway

(Rock, roll, rock, roll) (Rock ‘n’ roll on the Veloway) (Rock, roll, rock, roll)

Roll, roll, roll on the Veloway

It’s a hundred one in the shade today

But I’ve got the time and a mind to play

With the birds and the squirrels at the Veloway

(Tweet, tweet, clickety, click) That’s me when you hear that sound

(Tweet, tweet, clickety, click) That’s me (Rock, roll, rock, roll)

Round, round, round on the Veloway

Where the blue jay squawks when the deer come graze

And the turtledoves give themselves away

With their coo, coo, coo on the Veloway

(Tweet, tweet, clickety, click) That’s me when you hear that sound

(Tweet, tweet, clickety, click) That’s me

I’m the one on roller-skates

Attempting to communicate

With the cardinals and rattlesnakes

And the buzzard doing lazy-eights

At this really, very special place (Rock, roll, rock, roll)

In the hills of South Austin

There’s a rock ‘n’ rollin place I go to play

In the rolling hills of South Austin

I roll around inside the sounds of the Veloway (Rock, roll, rock, roll)

Ride, ride, ride on the Veloway

You can ride your bike you can ride your blades

You can ride those muscles in your legs

Till it feels like flying on the Veloway

(Tweet, tweet, clickety, click) That’s me when you hear that sound

(Tweet, tweet, clickety, click) That’s me

I’m the one on roller-skates

Attempting to communicate

With the cardinals and rattlesnakes

And the buzzard doing lazy-eights

At this really, very Austin place (Rock, roll, rock, roll)

(Rock ‘n’ roll on the Veloway on another perfect Austin day)

NOTES ON THIS SONG
I have been skating since 1976. I am passionate about it. In Galveston, I skate on the seawall. It’s flat, long, and there are plenty of pretty tourist girls to watch as I rip up the wall. While I lived in Austin, I moved to south Austin to be near the Veloway, which was a lifestyle choice. It’s a beautiful, safe place to skate or bike, challenging and the tiniest bit wild. Austin is a great city and this is one of its greatest secrets. Tweet, tweet, clickety, click, that’s me.

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