Name: Children of the Open Road
Duration: 4 min 1 s
Channel: H. Thompson
Description: "Children of the Open Road" is a song by Heidi Thompson. This is a 'Joni Mitchell' type of story song about my experience while attending a biker rally. Vocalist: Heidi Thompson

Children of the Open Road

Heidi Thompson

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This is a 'Joni Mitchell' type of story song about my experience while attending a biker rally. Vocalist: Heidi Thompson

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Heidi Thompson

I'm a songwriter/singer.

Hello. I am a singer/songwriter/scriptwriter who just loves to create, create, create! Hope you enjoy listening to some of my music along with some of the great vocalists and musicians who are on the demos.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

#11,710 today Peak #155

#2,621 in subgenre Peak #14

Author

H. Thompson

Rights

2004

Uploaded

April 28, 2007

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MP3

MP3 3.7 MB • 128 kbps • 4:01

Story behind the song

I sing at several biker rallies.  While attending one, I surveyed all different types of bikers to see what they all had in common.  From the Hell's Angel all the way to the Yuppie Lawyer, they all said that they feel free when they ride.  So, I wrote this song for them.  I played it at the rally the next year and saw thousands of tiny flames lifted in the air in validation.  I guess I must have captured their feelings.  This is dedicated to all bikers, everywhere.

Lyrics

I went to a motorcycle rally.  I saw a sea of bikes about a mile wide.
The campfire burned a smoky light, 
while tens of thousands gathered thru the night.
I could sense a brotherhood for those who love to ride.

You are children of the open road.  
You call the wind your second home.
And freedom's what you feel, 
when you ride your horse of chrome and steel.
Of chrome......and steel.

One mornin' I went walkin'
past rows of vendors sellin' all their wares.
The daylight brought me many things.
Jeans and leather and eagles wings,
and I saw the stories on your faces there.

You are children of the open road.
You call the wind your second home.
And freedom's what you feel
when you ride your horse of chrome and steel.
Of chrome.....and steel.

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