[Verse 1: Bollywood playback male lead, big and bright over big live drums and rolling dholak] Arre, Sunny had a motorbike, green paint and a dented tank And a sidecar on the left side like a bathtub off a bank I was nine and he was ten, he said get in, I'll take you there Never asked me where was there, he just kicked it, and the air Filled with smoke and dust and mango peel and somebody's goat And I held on to the rim of it and sang out from my throat Exams, he drove me, rain or not, the gate was closin', we were late First job, first fight, first broken heart, he idled at the gate Every big day of my life I showed up sideways, windblown, loud In a sidecar with a dented door, the happiest man in the crowd [Hook: Bollywood playback male lead, full band, sitar riff, huge Bollywood playback hook] Ride in the sidecar, thirty years on your side, yaar You got the handlebars, the throttle and the scar You turn when I point, and I point where you are Sidecar, sidecar, dosti, near and far [Verse 2: Bollywood playback male lead, harder, dholak and kick driving] People used to laugh at me, the boy who rides beside Never took a lesson, never had a bike, just took the ride Sunny got the looks, yaar, Sunny got the nickname Hero I got Sunny's friend and sidecar and a nickname close to zero Thirty years, the bike got old, the sidecar got a crack And my knees don't fold like nine, yaar, and Sunny's hurtin' in his back Still he pulls up every Sunday with the engine coughin' smoke And he says get in, I say where to, and he laughs like it's a joke [Hook: Bollywood playback male lead, full band, sitar riff, huge Bollywood playback hook] Ride in the sidecar, thirty years on your side, yaar You got the handlebars, the throttle and the scar You turn when I point, and I point where you are Sidecar, sidecar, dosti, near and far [Bridge: Bollywood playback male lead, engine kick, the dholak and kick lock into a motorbike engine revving] Last Sunday I asked him, Sunny, how'd you always know the way To the exam, the job, the hospital, the station on that day And he killed the engine, quiet, and he looked at me and smiled Said Kabir, I never knew a road, I've been lost since I was a child Every turn for thirty years, I watched your finger from the side I just went where you were pointin', yaar, you were the one who drives You were never in my sidecar, I was holdin' on to you Arre, dosti, the passenger was steerin', and the driver always knew [Final Hook: Bollywood playback male lead, full band, sitar riff, huge Bollywood playback hook] Ride in the sidecar, thirty years on your side, yaar You got the handlebars, the throttle and the scar You turn when I point, and I point where you are Sidecar, sidecar, dosti, near and far [Outro: Bollywood playback male lead, dholak] Arre, get in, yaar. Where to? Wherever you point. [End]
