I don't want a pickle; I just wanna ride my motorcycle
and I don't wanna die; I just wanna ride my motorbike...
The Motorcycle Song is
Arlo Guthrie's "other" song -- the other song that somehow entered mainstream consciousness, aside from
Alice's Restaurant.
When the world weighs on me, I often think of
suicide as the simple way out. This song reminds me that what I don't want is the pickle.
(The
significance of the pickle is controversial enough that there's a Facebook group about it -- it deserves its own E2 node]