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Middle Aged Man in Lycra

from Let's Take Offence! by Andrew London Trio

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a tribute to the cycling fraternity

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when temor’y insanity or mid-life crisis bites
or an unrequited craving for attention
when lust for an adventure, an escape from daily life
begins to get my gluteus a-clenchin’
It’s down to my back shed I go, start oiling up the chain
my ‘passed use-by’ testosterone begins to stir again
preparing to indulge the ‘Love That Dare Not Squeak it’s Name’
I’m a Middle Aged Man in Lycra

I’m a middle aged man in lycra
parading my anatomy in hi-vis technicolor glee
That reassuring clinging keeps me confident while singing
I’m a middle aged man in lycra

I’m a middle aged man in lycra
winding country roads are best, we like to ride them three abreast
that reassuring clinging keeps me confident while singing
I’m a middle aged man in lycra

I had to sell my Porsche, for the deposit on my bike
signed up for all the credit cards and maxed ‘em
I get my silhouette is not as streamlined as I’d like
at least my legs are wind-resistant, since I waxed ‘em.

so when you see me riding, though I may present a sight
not unlike a saveloy that’s stuffed a little tight
at the lights let me go first, and keep your distance, lest I burst
I’m a Middle Aged Man in Lycra

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I’m a middle aged man in lycra
accentuate those bumps and swells, keep out the rain, keep in the smells
that reassuring clinging keeps me confident while singing
I’m a middle aged man in lycra

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I’m a middle aged man in lycra
parading my anatomy in hi-vis technicolour glee
that outer skin compresses, my mammilian excesses
I’m a MAMIL
that reassuring clinging keeps those dangly bits from swinging
I’m a middle aged man,
I shoulda bought a van, I’m a middle aged man… in lycra

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from Let's Take Offence!, track released October 1, 2017
words and music Andrew London

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Andrew London New Zealand

New Zealand singer/songwriter of mainly (but not exclusively) satirical original songs in a mainly (but not exclusively) 1940s swing genre.

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