Marching to the middle
Biking to the top
How're we gonna get
Obesity to drop?
The health people say policy
The bike folks say it too
No one wants to spend their dough
On street people like you
Marching to the middle
Biking to the top
Top-down change will save us all
Infrastructure's hott
And you? You must be molded
To fit their jargon scene
A planning fad or Dutch idea
Is better than your scheme
Marching to the middle
Biking to the top
It's all about the image
They make it, you just shop
You, be a good consumer
Of healthy food and place
Don't ask us how we got it,
But we'll sell you back your face
Marching to the middle
Biking to the top
We're all living breathing farms
But we don't reap the crop
The passions that inflame men
They call expert facts
Cycle tracks will solve it all
Even colored heart attacks
Marching to the middle
Biking to the top
Their vision serves a precious few
You be glad to gobble slop
Something that is simple
Like a bicycle
Becomes a mark of good or bad
An amenity that's tolled
Marching to the middle
Biking to the top
It's cheap until it's trendy
Then, duh, let's mark it up
We pretend that health's for all
Has it ever been this way?
To live well is a privilege
Not for you, José
Marching to the middle
Biking to the top
When justice is just status
You deserve the finest chop
We can't all be middle class
I'm sorry, labor folks
Those who could, did, too much
Our world has broken spokes
Marching to the middle
Biking to the top
A car is worth more than the world
Like they're ever going to stop
