The Bell Still Rings on Her Handlebars

Lyrics

The bicycle leans in the garden shed
Where you left it the summer before
There's a little brass bell on the handlebar still
And a ribbon gone grey at the core

I touched it today and it rang once, clear
Like a door that was opened at last
All the lanes that we rode came rushing back
Through the dust of the years that have passed

The bell still rings on her handlebars
Soft as the evening air
It remembers the hills and the laughter we spilled
And the way that you tucked back your hair
The bell still rings, though the road has gone quiet
And the wheels have forgotten the ground
But oh, how it carries the sound of your name
It's the sweetest and saddest sound

I oiled the chain and I pumped the tyre
Though I haven't the heart to ride
I just wheel it out in the late gold light
And I walk it with you at my side

The bell still rings on her handlebars
Soft as the evening air
It remembers the hills and the laughter we spilled
And the way that you tucked back your hair
The bell still rings, though the road has gone quiet
And the wheels have forgotten the ground
But oh, how it carries the sound of your name
It's the sweetest and saddest sound

Some loves are a song that you hum in the dark
Some are a bell on a gate
Mine is a ring in the hush of the shed
Ringing for love that won't wait

The bell still rings on her handlebars
Soft as the evening air
It remembers the hills and the laughter we spilled
And the way that you tucked back your hair
The bell still rings, though the road has gone quiet
And the wheels have forgotten the ground
But oh, how it carries the sound of your name
It's the sweetest and saddest sound

The bell still rings
Soft as the evening air