Life, it servels so strange,
it's so full of change
If you think that you've worked it out then,
beng, my head in the blue
something happens to you,
to trow you of course,
and then you
break down yeah you break down, don't you break down
Listen to me...
Because it's just a ride, it's just a ride
no need to run no need to hide,
they don't take you round and round,
sometimes you're up something you're down
it's just a ride, it's just a ride,
don't be scared don't hide your eyes,
it may feel not so innocent,
but don't forget it's just a ride...

trust, we don't wanna hear,
it's too much to take,
don't like to feel out of control
so he me complain,
ten times a day
and when we don't go away
we break down, yeah we break down, don't you break down,
listen to me
Because it's just a ride, it's just a ride
no need to run no need to hide,
they don't take you round and round,
sometimes you're up something you're down
it's just a ride, it's just a ride,
don't be scared don't hide your eyes,
it may feel not so innocent,
but don't forget it's just a ride...
slowely, oh so very slowely
except there is no getting off
so with it, just gotta go with it,
cause it's right, never gonna stop ( stop, stop, stop)
break down, don't you break down,
no need to break down, no need at all
because it's just a ride, it's just a ride
no need to run no need to hide,
they don't take you round and round,
sometimes you're up something you're down
it's just a ride, it's just a ride,
don't be scared now dry your eyes,
it may feel not so innocent,
but don't forget it's just a ride...
because it's just a ride, it's just a ride
no need to run no need to hide,
they don't take you all a round,
sometimes you're up something you're down
it's just a ride, it's just a ride,
don't be scared now dry your eyes,
it may feel not so innocent,
but don't forget it's just a ride...
My rideVanmiddag vroeg Phil of ik even mee ging voor 'a ride'. "Yeah, I'll go with yah. I've got to do my Auckland and Dame Te Ata Funeral articles but I can't be bothered at the moment." Dus hup daar stapte ik in de auto. Anne zei nog snel dat ik m'n camera maar moest meenemen. Okee, ik neem 'm wel mee.

En toen gingen we de heuvels in om een paar broden naar een vriend van Phil te brengen. Heerlijk met 100km/u over een oude weg die dwars door het mooie landschap en de heuvels en bergen gaat. Fantastisch. Lekker in m'n korte broek en hemd in de tocht van een open raam zitten! Heerlijk. En dat dan op 10 minuten van je huis.
Het landschap is hier zoiezo prachtig. Overal waar je komt is het gewoonweg onbeschrijflijk op zichzelf. Elk plekje heeft wel weer iets anders dat weer z'n eigen eindeloze schoonheid kent. En variatie...


Halverwege de route kwamen we ook nog langs een oud stationnetje voor stroomtreinen. Dus daar heeft Phil me ook even heen gebracht. Heel mooi en authentiek. Zondag ga ik er met Wouter naar een open dag. Echt heel leuk. Vooral omdat ik vroeger helemaal gek was van die stroomtreinen (en dat stiekem nog steeds ben).