I used to hear him ridin’ by,
way past midnight
It’d been days since I’d heard from him,
but I know the sound of that bike
Somethin’ was weighin’ heavy;
There was somethin’ on his mind
Any time that I’d hear him,
I’d swear he was doin’ 95…
Throttle open wide

I’d lie there awake in bed wonderin’
Was it somethin’ he was runnin’ from?
Was he in need of a friend?
Either way, that motorbike
it helped him catch up to him
Channelin’ that energy,
machine and man

Well, he never cried
Or shared reasons why
Still somehow I knew that

He’d closed his eyes
and forced tears to fly
Out away from him
High speed on the wind
Tears out on the wind
Cuz they never fell
No they never fell
No they never got on him
Ohhh ohhhhh
Those tears out on the wind

People called him crazy,
yeah, I know it; I did too
Danger never bothered him;
He was fearless or a fool
They call ‘em like they see ‘em;
Hey, but that’s what people do
But just ‘cuz you can’t see a thing,
don’t mean that it ain’t true

‘Cuz the stars still shine
in the blackest night
And the engines run
on hidden parts inside
And there’s a heart that lies
in a man who don’t cry
And there’s tears out on the wind,
those tears out on the wind…
yeah…

Well, He’d closed his eyes
and forced tears to fly
Out away from him
High speed on the wind
Tears out on the wind
Cuz they never fell
No they never fell
No they never got on him
Ohhh ohhhhh
Those tears out on the wind

I used to hear him ridin’ by,
way past midnight…