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I remember as if it were a meal ago Said, Tommy the Cat as he reeled back to clear Whatever foreign matter may have nestled its way into his mighty throat
The cold wind of conformity Is nipping at your nose When some trendy new atrocity Has brought you to your knees Come with us we'll sail the Seas of
Sgt. Baker is my name I'm gonna teach you how to play the game of warfare Suddenly it appears to me You got a bit much dignity For your own good, boy
My socks and shoes always match, Is it Luck? There's a foot at the end of each of my legs, Is it Luck? Well, I can play my bass for you, Is it Luck?
I've seen them out at Soco They're pounding sixteen penny nails The truckers on the interstate Have been known to ride the rails The sweat is beating
I'll go sailing round the room Through my window, across the silver moon No flesh and bone to hold me I'll finally set my soul free When I go sailing
sailing, sailing Looks like every drop of rain is gone, gone, gone Smooth sailing, sailing And a blue sky full of rainbows from now on We've got smooth sailing, sailing
me away To where I've always heard it could be, oh Just a dream and the wind to carry me And soon I will be free Well, I'm sailing, sailing Sailing takes
Oh, satellite above, where are you? So many things I have to tell you of, please come back soon I went through an open door or a hole in the floor You
There's a handwritten note pressed in the door Of her screened in porch And I am sailing away recalling that day Miles from shore She was still wearing
t even care An airplane carried me to bed Where I slept above the coast And dreamt I had become a ghost I sail above the frozen peaks Deep in cold cathedral
I'll save you An echo from my heart And I'll paint you A dream scape on your bedroom wall Pretend you're not alone Like you are center stage on Broadway
I was 22 Alone with nothing to do And I couldn't sleep 'Cause all those cold days Returned with their old ways Of causing new apathy I live alone, I
Take me somewhere nice To some tired island in your heart called paradise Though we wonder home We both feel alone like escapees with nowhere to go I
I was on the road despite the holiday The winter green day dream softly colliding It took all my headaches away When did I arrive? I don't recall ever
Farewell nightmares, I am free Welcomes dreams of sweet dreams That settle over me What lies out there no one knows The tide could bring in anything
Mid-air, I woke up beneath the flight deck On a wallpaper airplane As you stared, I strapped my helmet on And left your driveway behind Flutter all through