A ROBIN IN LOVE WITH A CAT
A BIT OF BACKGROUND: Yes, I do know that if you have to explain it, it's probably not funny. But... I think for some folks it might help enrich the experience of perusing the following set of alternate lyrics for an old Harry Woods song – which may have been sung by Al Jolson as part of a talkie pre-dating even The Jazz Singer. This bit of silliness came about as a result of my thinking about the photo above of my good friend Stephen in that red, red jersey on a ride, coupled with legitimate concern for one of my very favorite folks who's a mainstay of the BentRider Online forum as well as our informal tricycle tour up in Idaho – Robin, with the BROL UserName dragonfly and a photo of her in a yellow chicken suit as an avatar. This poor woman is currently suffering – but definitely NOT in silence – from a mild, non-life-threatening form of (perhaps) temporary insanity or obsessive-compulsive disorder which manifests itself as a blatant, overwhelming desire for a Windcheetah, one of the oldest recumbent tricycle designs from the UK that has somehow managed to maintain its (perhaps) irrational (sex?) appeal as a high performance hot rod, somewhat reminiscent of the image of Jaguar sports cars back in the days before Ford's engineers helped them clean up their act. Anyway, here's the story of:

A ROBIN IN LOVE WITH A CAT


There's a funky chicken who's been droolin', lickin' her chops, her chops,
For a trike that's fleetah, and she thinks Windcheetahs are tops, they're tops.
    She's hot, turned on, consumed with lust;
    She thinks a dubya-cee's a must.
    She has to get her one or bust.
WHAT-EV-ER makes a girl happy...

With that Y-shaped tiller each downhill's a thriller at speed, indeed,
But if that odd tiller's what she needs to fill her hot yearning need...
    If she can stand those downhill thrills,
    Drum brakes and tendency for spills,
    And hubby Chris can pay the bills,
WHAT-EV-ER makes a girl happy...

Carbon fiber piping that owes more to hyping than sound design
Hasn't quenched her passion for exotic fashion... but hey, that's fine.
    She thinks she'll be so fast
    That everyone she's passed
    Will be depressed, downcast...
WHAT-EV-ER makes a girl happy...

Quirky custom axles born when pterodactyls still flew - it's true!
Little dragons flying, people, I'm not lying or sniffing glue
    Like that Mike Burrows used to join
    Those tubes (which cost a lot of coin)
    To custom castings at the groin.
WHAT-EV-ER makes a girl happy...

Though we try to reason or resort to teasin', I have no doubt
There's no cure for Robin once her heart starts throbbin', in LOVE, devout,
    Without regard for common sense.
    But this I'll say, in her defense:
    Lord love a chick who loves her 'bents.
WHAT-EV-ER makes a girl happy...

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