http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: The Cycling Songbook en Sun, 31 May 2026 23:58:45 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7631#post-77913 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:58:56 +0000 recombodna 77913@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't give up the day job....... . </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7631#post-77908 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:38:57 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 77908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For all those lovely earworms...</p> <p>Marlboro lady Bonnie Tyler up first (the original 'I need a Hero', when you read the lyrics, is ridiculously saucy!)</p> <p>Where have all cyclists gone<br /> And where are all the Brads?<br /> Where’s the street-wise Hercules<br /> To hipster fixie fads?</p> <p>Isn’t there a white knight upon a steely steed?<br /> Late at night I toss and turn and dream of 8-5-3</p> <p>I need a cyclist<br /> I’m holding out for a cyclist ‘til the end of the night<br /> He’s gotta be strong<br /> And he’s gotta be fast<br /> And he’s gotta be fresh from the ride<br /> I need a cyclist<br /> I’m holding out for a cyclist ‘til the morning light<br /> He’s gotta be Hoy<br /> And it’s gotta be soon<br /> And he’s got thighs larger than life</p> <p>Somewhere after midnight<br /> In my wildest fantasy<br /> Somewhere just beyond my reach<br /> There’s someone riding back for me</p> <p>Racing on the Raleigh and climbing with the heat<br /> It’s gonna take a superman and a Brooks as my seat</p> <p>I need a cyclist<br /> I’m holding out for a cyclist ‘til the end of the night<br /> He’s gotta be strong<br /> And he’s gotta be fast<br /> And he’s gotta be fresh from the ride<br /> I need a cyclist<br /> I’m holding out for a cyclist ‘til the morning light<br /> He’s gotta be Hoy<br /> And it’s gotta be soon<br /> And he’s got thighs larger than life</p> <p>Up Where the chainring meets the sky above<br /> Out where the derailleur splits the gears<br /> I would swear that there’s someone somewhere<br /> Watching me<br /> Through the wind and the chill and the rain<br /> And the storm and the flood<br /> I can get out my gilet<br /> And put on 'guards of mud</p> <p>I need a cyclist<br /> I’m holding out for a cyclist ‘til the end of the night<br /> He’s gotta be strong<br /> And he’s gotta be fast<br /> And he’s gotta be fresh from the ride<br /> I need a cyclist<br /> I’m holding out for a cyclist ‘til the morning light<br /> He’s gotta be Hoy<br /> And it’s gotta be soon<br /> And he’s got thighs larger than life </p>