When I’m riding alone, on the open road, invariably one song comes into my head…

Wayfaring Stranger

I first heard this song over 45 years ago.  It lay dormant until I started to ride again.  While alone on the road, going nowhere in particular, it creeped into my consciousness, a little tune that grew louder and louder.

Now, it’s the go to music in my head.  The rendition by Michael Parks and Bonnie Bedelia which was part of the pilot for hte TV show Then Came Bronson is indelibly etched in my brain and one of the few songs for which I know the words.  I sing it while I ride and the acoustic magic inside the helmet has me convinced I’m a fine singer — so much so that I actually recorded the song and thought to cut Vespa pictures to it.

Some things are best left to the imagination.

I wonder if all riders have a default song playing in their head?  And perhaps more interesting — why that song and what does it say about the rider?