Brand New Key - Melanie | Reina del Cid and Toni Lindgren cover

I rode my bicycle past your window last night

I roller-skated to your door at daylight

It almost seems like you're avoiding me

I'm okay alone, but you got something I need.

Well, I got a brand-new pair of roller skates

You got a brand-new key

I think that we should get together

Try 'em out and see

I've been looking around awhile

You got something for me

Oh, I got a brand-new pair of roller skates

You got a brand-new key.

I ride my bike, I roller-skate, I don't drive no car

I don't go too fast, but I go pretty far

For somebody who don't drive, I've been all around the world

And so people say, I've done alright for a girl.

I asked your mother if you were right at home

She said yes, but you weren't alone

Ah, sometimes I think that you're avoiding me

I'm okay alone, but you got something I need.

      Melanie's "Brand New Key" is a playful 1971 hit about a girl on roller skates trying to get a boy's attention. While she claims it was an innocent, nostalgic song about learning to skate, many listeners view the lyrics as a suggestive metaphor for teenage desire, sex, and virginity. We miss you much Melanie Safka.