No Airplane
from The Lackluster Resume of an Unfit Suitor by Grey Watson
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This is song is about searching for something and you don't know what it is and then realizing it ain't where you were looking but rather the place you left behind.
lyrics
I saw a white ship it was sailing out to sea
from the old town harbor
I wondered if the boys on board could earn a good living
I just sit and float
here in my old boat
I call her el Diablo
I saw some soaking wet newlyweds out by Notre Dame
coveting a bride I stopped to look upon
wanting a companion as I lust left and right
I wanna be free but lock her down tight
I know it ain't good and I know it ain't right
but I don't often do what I'm supposed to do
I could be good for a season then suddenly it all falls through
People stop me and they ask me which way they oughta go
I say I don't know, I'm just passing through here alone
I ain't got no home
The policemen at the station are pacing with their automatic rifles
Some people feel so safe with a gun on the arm
I was trying to get somewhere where I could feel some ancient feeling
I could fly in a plane
or ride on a passenger train it's all the same
Big cities, mountains, seas or golden planes
An American don't need no airplane
we got fires in the west in the east hurricanes
still, an American don't need no airplane
from Reno lights over to Chinatown
I'll keep my feet right here on the ground
the sky is blue and the grass is green
an American don't need no airplane
from the old town harbor
I wondered if the boys on board could earn a good living
I just sit and float
here in my old boat
I call her el Diablo
I saw some soaking wet newlyweds out by Notre Dame
coveting a bride I stopped to look upon
wanting a companion as I lust left and right
I wanna be free but lock her down tight
I know it ain't good and I know it ain't right
but I don't often do what I'm supposed to do
I could be good for a season then suddenly it all falls through
People stop me and they ask me which way they oughta go
I say I don't know, I'm just passing through here alone
I ain't got no home
The policemen at the station are pacing with their automatic rifles
Some people feel so safe with a gun on the arm
I was trying to get somewhere where I could feel some ancient feeling
I could fly in a plane
or ride on a passenger train it's all the same
Big cities, mountains, seas or golden planes
An American don't need no airplane
we got fires in the west in the east hurricanes
still, an American don't need no airplane
from Reno lights over to Chinatown
I'll keep my feet right here on the ground
the sky is blue and the grass is green
an American don't need no airplane
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from The Lackluster Resume of an Unfit Suitor,
released February 14, 2022
written, performed and recorded by Grey Watson
mixed and mastered by Shane Jewell of Sugarwolf Sound
written, performed and recorded by Grey Watson
mixed and mastered by Shane Jewell of Sugarwolf Sound
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I love little baby ducks, old pick-up trucks, slow movin trains and rain.
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