Always Wear A Helmet

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"WHY"
It Seems that wherever in this world I go,
No matter who nor what I know,
People will look; some of them stare,
I wonder if they really care?

They see this cane with its golden crown,
some of them smile, but most of them frown.
I hear them laugh, and I see them cry,
No matter what,
They all ask why?

Well, I'm just like you, and you,
and you and your wife,
We all have a special purpose in life.
This way of life I'm glad that I found,
For like you, I too, make the world go 'round.

We're all alike,
Oh yes, we are
We all have a dream on some faraway star.

For me when it is over and done at the end of a day,
Some can relax, but I go to pray
For I know that tomorrow in some other place,
I'll have that fear again to face.

Could it be the quest for money and fame,
Oh no,
To play with my life is not much of a game.

It's a want  -  a want that's so dear
It's given me faith,
I can face that fear.

Oh, yes, I do think about a day
in life when fate came along and struck my way.
Each time it's happened they've all said,
This guy is lucky he's not dead.

They were right.
But I wanted to get up to try it again.
I kept telling myself that I knew I could win,
so I'd close my eyes and to the Lord I'd pray,
Oh, help me God, let me walk some day.

He did.
And every stitch on every scar
has just brought me closer to my dream afar.

To be a man,
To do my best,
To stand alone is my only quest.

Success is a term that has broad use,
For having none in life there is no excuse.

For you, what I do is not right---
But, for me, it is not wrong.
What I have been trying to tell you all along
is that it's got to be,
You ask why?
Well, just like you, I gotta be me.

Evel Knievel

Comments

[mIKES]

Speaking of Mr. Knievel:

http://www.thewvsr.com/evelknievel.htm

[Debbie]

Nooooooooo!

[Listener Colin]

Thanks! Any artist/title info for these tracks?

[drewo]

re: http://www.thewvsr.com/evelknievel.htm - I wonder how far he can jump that scooter?

[Debbie]

Tracks
1-Evel Knievel-Why
2-John Culliton Mahoney-Ballad Of Evel Knievel
3-Hub Reynolds-Ballad Of Evel Knievel
4-Mike Lunsford-Snake River Canyon

[ThePassenger]

GREAT BLOG!!!
Congratulation!!!
I will link in mine!

[Listener Colin]

Thanks Debbie!

[mullah]

i think evel knievel has a song named canyon in the sky... is there someone here that has it?

i've got it on turbonegros "the ballad of gerda and tore", but it's a hidden track, so i gotta wait for 20 minutes before i can hear it...

please mail me if you've got the song and wanna give it to me ;)

[DEN NC USA]

A good time to honor the daredevil in us all... here's a version of the Evel mythos, as cut by Otis Fodder

http://www.otisfodder.com/2007/11/viva-knievel.html

A good time to honor the daredevil in us all... here's a version of the Evel mythos, as cut by Otis Fodder. If you like the post-mod cut and paste school of music (and if you don't...what are you doing HERE?), you'll like The Bran Flakes and Mr. Fodder.

He likes this place...

http://www.otisfodder.com/projects.html

[Norbert]

Hello there,

This is a great blog site and I'm very happy that I found it, looking for information about the Evel Knievel records from the 70s. Great thing you put the MP3's of the songs here.

One question though: Somebody gave me the DVD of the Evel Knievel made-for-cable movie for Xmas, the one with George Eads as Evel. In the movie, the Ballad song by John Culliton Mahoney is heard, but with different lyrics all the way through. Instead of "He lives from day to day, never thinking 'bout tomorrow," the song starts with "They're standing toe to toe, the man against the canyon ..." Do you know whether this was an alternate cut of the song, or a new version specifically recorded for the movie? Also, where can I get it? It's even cheesier than the 1974 version.