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To Jericho Road, I've already been every place I'm going
To Jericho Road, have any need to proving nothing to no one "Motorcycle Song" is a half-finished song about motorcycles that eventually was slowed down and became "All About Soul" from 1993's River of Dreams. Billy has always been a motorcycle aficionado since a teen, and started his own motorcycle shop in Long Island, 20th Century Cycles. See website.
Billy riding his motorcycle outside his Los Angeles home in 1984.
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Well I'm driving down this road On this big old motorcycle I've been riding here so many years That I've forgotten why Just some Island boys and I Cruising down that Sunrise Highway Though when I get a west of Lake Success I turn and say goodbye To Jericho Road I've already been every place I'm going To Jericho Road Don't have any need to proving nothing to no one Go where you want Still might be riding for all that I know Put in my time, drawing the line On the Jericho Road Well it's a long and a straight line See myself for falling Only mightiness I don't believe I've ever had the chance Now I know she's waiting there Yes she waits for me in silence It's--[gibberish]-- I had a chance It's all that I can do Jericho Road, never had a--[gibberish]--run away Jericho Road, one--[gibberish]--on a long long lake......... Far as I know...[gibberish]... [gibberish]...the promised land On the Jericho Road Yeah, la la la la la la la, oh oh oh...La la la la la la la ah... La la la la la la la, oh oh oh...La la la la la la la..... The "Motorcycle Song" (audio only) released on My Lives.
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Other Videos
Fan video of "Motorcycle Song" which was the precursor to "All About Soul" from the album River of Dreams (1993).
Billy talks about his love for motorcycles in this interview (2009).
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Here is a YouTube playlist on Billy's Twentieth Century Cycles, from the Official Billy Joel YouTube channel.
This is an interview with Billy on Plum TV about his love of motorcycles (2009).
Brian Johnson of AC/DC and Billy tour Billy's 20th Century Cycles.
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