we went 18 miles an hour on our bicycle machines   we were trying to get to key west from gainsville   we was campin' out in the woods   stealing oranges from the trees   this bike and this guitar's the life for me      well my knees blew out in palmsdale and i had to take it slow   a bowl of grits and i guess i'm on my way   we camped out in a sugarcane field    near the florida everglades   ya, this bike and this guitar's the life for me      this bike and this guitar, this bike and this guitar, this bike and this guitar's the life for me      snowed in in north dakota for about a week or so   so i hopped in my suburban and rode to the music store   this guitar barely won over a hohner accordia   when i picked it up i never did let it go      this bike and this guitar's the life for me   and i hope that's the way my life will always be   i got blisters on my fingers and an icepack on my knee   this bike and this guitar, this bike and this guitar, this bike and this guitar's the life for me