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Nazareth – My White Bicycle Lyrics 15 years ago
Good catch on the lyrics.
But man, no way, the song is referencing the Provos movement in Amsterdam around 1965-66 which was basically a pre-Hippy movement. As one of their protests, they painted their bikes white and left them around the city for the people of the city to use. Their aim: Promote ecologie(they were the first to do so, followed strongly by the Hippies), and denouce consumerism of our society, and of course freedom:

"Policeman shouts but I don't see him
They're one thing I don't believe in": The police compromise freedom and protect consummerism and pollution (cars, industrie)

"The wind is blowing in my hair"


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