John Allyn Smith Sails
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โฑ๏ธ 4:33 duration
๐ ID: 15689570
๐ Lyrics
By the second verse, dear friends
My head will burst, my life will end
So I'd like to start this one off by saying
Live and love
I was young and at home in bed
And I was hanging on the words some poem said in '31
I was impressionable, I was upsettable
I tried to make my breathing stop
Or my heartbeat slow
So when my mom and John came in I would be cold
From a bridge on Washington Avenue
The year of 1972, broke my bones and skull
And it was memorable
It was half a second in, I was halfway down
Do you think I wanted to turn back around and teach a class
Where you kiss the ass that I've exposed to you?
And at the funeral, the university
Cried at three poems they'd present
In place of a broken me
I was breaking in a case of suds at the Brass Rail
A fall-down drunk with his tongue torn out
And his balls removed
And I knew that my last lines were gone
While, stupidly, I lingered on
Oh, but wise men know when it's time to go
And so I should, too
And so I fly into the brightest winter sun
Of this frozen town, I'm stripped down to move on
My friends, I'm gone
Well, I hear my father fall
And I hear my mother call
And I hear the others all whispering, Come home
I'm sorry to go
I loved you all so
But this is the worst trip I've ever been on
So hoist up the [John B.] sail
See how the mainsail sets
I'm full in my heart and my head
And I want to go home
With a book in my hand
In the way I had planned
Well, this is the worst trip I've ever been on
Hoist up the [John B.] sail
See how the mainsail sets
I'm full in my heart and my head
And I want to go home
With a book in each hand
In the way I had planned
Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home
My head will burst, my life will end
So I'd like to start this one off by saying
Live and love
I was young and at home in bed
And I was hanging on the words some poem said in '31
I was impressionable, I was upsettable
I tried to make my breathing stop
Or my heartbeat slow
So when my mom and John came in I would be cold
From a bridge on Washington Avenue
The year of 1972, broke my bones and skull
And it was memorable
It was half a second in, I was halfway down
Do you think I wanted to turn back around and teach a class
Where you kiss the ass that I've exposed to you?
And at the funeral, the university
Cried at three poems they'd present
In place of a broken me
I was breaking in a case of suds at the Brass Rail
A fall-down drunk with his tongue torn out
And his balls removed
And I knew that my last lines were gone
While, stupidly, I lingered on
Oh, but wise men know when it's time to go
And so I should, too
And so I fly into the brightest winter sun
Of this frozen town, I'm stripped down to move on
My friends, I'm gone
Well, I hear my father fall
And I hear my mother call
And I hear the others all whispering, Come home
I'm sorry to go
I loved you all so
But this is the worst trip I've ever been on
So hoist up the [John B.] sail
See how the mainsail sets
I'm full in my heart and my head
And I want to go home
With a book in my hand
In the way I had planned
Well, this is the worst trip I've ever been on
Hoist up the [John B.] sail
See how the mainsail sets
I'm full in my heart and my head
And I want to go home
With a book in each hand
In the way I had planned
Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:01.48] By the second verse, dear friends
[00:03.86] My head will burst, my life will end
[00:06.19] So I'd like to start this one off by saying
[00:09.67] Live and love
[00:11.85] I was young and at home in bed
[00:13.68] And I was hanging on the words some poem said in '31
[00:18.25] I was impressionable, I was upsettable
[00:25.62] I tried to make my breathing stop
[00:29.52] Or my heartbeat slow
[00:35.98] So when my mom and John came in I would be cold
[00:44.82]
[00:47.27] From a bridge on Washington Avenue
[00:49.74] The year of 1972, broke my bones and skull
[00:54.26] And it was memorable
[00:57.25] It was half a second in, I was halfway down
[00:59.74] Do you think I wanted to turn back around and teach a class
[01:04.40] Where you kiss the ass that I've exposed to you?
[01:11.76] And at the funeral, the university
[01:21.61] Cried at three poems they'd present
[01:25.97] In place of a broken me
[01:32.33] I was breaking in a case of suds at the Brass Rail
[01:36.28] A fall-down drunk with his tongue torn out
[01:39.81] And his balls removed
[01:42.34] And I knew that my last lines were gone
[01:44.72] While, stupidly, I lingered on
[01:47.11] Oh, but wise men know when it's time to go
[01:51.66] And so I should, too
[01:56.56] And so I fly into the brightest winter sun
[02:06.65] Of this frozen town, I'm stripped down to move on
[02:15.31] My friends, I'm gone
[02:19.95]
[02:27.77] Well, I hear my father fall
[02:33.72] And I hear my mother call
[02:38.99] And I hear the others all whispering, Come home
[02:47.13] I'm sorry to go
[02:52.32] I loved you all so
[02:58.87] But this is the worst trip I've ever been on
[03:07.08]
[03:09.69] So hoist up the [John B.] sail
[03:14.70] See how the mainsail sets
[03:18.81] I'm full in my heart and my head
[03:22.32] And I want to go home
[03:27.12] With a book in my hand
[03:31.90] In the way I had planned
[03:37.89] Well, this is the worst trip I've ever been on
[03:48.26] Hoist up the [John B.] sail
[03:53.06] See how the mainsail sets
[03:57.04] I'm full in my heart and my head
[04:00.61] And I want to go home
[04:05.17] With a book in each hand
[04:08.61] In the way I had planned
[04:13.92] Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home
[04:23.64]
[00:03.86] My head will burst, my life will end
[00:06.19] So I'd like to start this one off by saying
[00:09.67] Live and love
[00:11.85] I was young and at home in bed
[00:13.68] And I was hanging on the words some poem said in '31
[00:18.25] I was impressionable, I was upsettable
[00:25.62] I tried to make my breathing stop
[00:29.52] Or my heartbeat slow
[00:35.98] So when my mom and John came in I would be cold
[00:44.82]
[00:47.27] From a bridge on Washington Avenue
[00:49.74] The year of 1972, broke my bones and skull
[00:54.26] And it was memorable
[00:57.25] It was half a second in, I was halfway down
[00:59.74] Do you think I wanted to turn back around and teach a class
[01:04.40] Where you kiss the ass that I've exposed to you?
[01:11.76] And at the funeral, the university
[01:21.61] Cried at three poems they'd present
[01:25.97] In place of a broken me
[01:32.33] I was breaking in a case of suds at the Brass Rail
[01:36.28] A fall-down drunk with his tongue torn out
[01:39.81] And his balls removed
[01:42.34] And I knew that my last lines were gone
[01:44.72] While, stupidly, I lingered on
[01:47.11] Oh, but wise men know when it's time to go
[01:51.66] And so I should, too
[01:56.56] And so I fly into the brightest winter sun
[02:06.65] Of this frozen town, I'm stripped down to move on
[02:15.31] My friends, I'm gone
[02:19.95]
[02:27.77] Well, I hear my father fall
[02:33.72] And I hear my mother call
[02:38.99] And I hear the others all whispering, Come home
[02:47.13] I'm sorry to go
[02:52.32] I loved you all so
[02:58.87] But this is the worst trip I've ever been on
[03:07.08]
[03:09.69] So hoist up the [John B.] sail
[03:14.70] See how the mainsail sets
[03:18.81] I'm full in my heart and my head
[03:22.32] And I want to go home
[03:27.12] With a book in my hand
[03:31.90] In the way I had planned
[03:37.89] Well, this is the worst trip I've ever been on
[03:48.26] Hoist up the [John B.] sail
[03:53.06] See how the mainsail sets
[03:57.04] I'm full in my heart and my head
[04:00.61] And I want to go home
[04:05.17] With a book in each hand
[04:08.61] In the way I had planned
[04:13.92] Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home
[04:23.64]