John Allyn Smith Sails
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โฑ๏ธ 4:33 duration
๐ ID: 95560
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
[00:01.19] By the second verse, dear friends
[00:03.97] My head will burst, my life will end
[00:06.09] So I'd like to start this one off by saying
[00:09.51] Live and love
[00:11.60] I was young and at home in bed
[00:13.72] And I was hanging on the words some poem said in '31
[00:17.79] I was impressionable, I was upsettable
[00:22.97] I tried to make my breathing stop
[00:29.63] Or my heartbeat slow
[00:33.34] So when my mom and John came in I would be cold
[00:42.95] From a bridge on Washington Avenue
[00:49.81] The year of 1972, broke my bones and skull
[00:54.41] And it was memorable
[00:57.24] It was half a second in, I was halfway down
[00:59.71] Do you think I wanted to turn back around and teach a class
[01:03.44] Where you kiss the ass that I've exposed to you?
[01:09.52] And at the funeral, the university
[01:18.38] Cried at three poems they'd present
[01:25.81] In place of a broken me
[01:31.83] I was breaking in a case of suds at the Brass Rail
[01:36.42] A fall-down drunk with his tongue torn out
[01:40.04] And his balls removed
[01:42.31] And I knew that my last lines were gone
[01:45.05] While, stupidly, I lingered on
[01:47.39] Oh, but wise men know when it's time to go
[01:49.80] And so I should, too
[01:55.09] And so I fly into the brightest winter sun
[02:03.89] Of this frozen town, I'm stripped down to move on
[02:13.46] My friends, I'm gone
[02:18.94] Well, I hear my father fall
[02:35.29] And I hear my mother call
[02:38.75] And I hear the others all whispering, Come home
[02:45.01] I'm sorry to go
[02:50.29] I loved you all so
[02:56.35] But this is the worst trip I've ever been on
[03:05.53] So hoist up the [John B.] sail
[03:13.63] See how the mainsail sets
[03:18.84] I'm full in my heart and my head
[03:22.48] And I want to go home
[03:26.84] With a book in my hand
[03:31.28] In the way I had planned
[03:36.05] Well, this is the worst trip I've ever been on
[03:44.84] Hoist up the [John B.] sail
[03:53.39] See how the mainsail sets
[04:00.30] I'm full in my heart and my head
[04:01.15] And I want to go home
[04:05.74] With a book in each hand
[04:08.82] In the way I had planned
[04:16.74] Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home
[04:25.56]
[00:03.97] My head will burst, my life will end
[00:06.09] So I'd like to start this one off by saying
[00:09.51] Live and love
[00:11.60] I was young and at home in bed
[00:13.72] And I was hanging on the words some poem said in '31
[00:17.79] I was impressionable, I was upsettable
[00:22.97] I tried to make my breathing stop
[00:29.63] Or my heartbeat slow
[00:33.34] So when my mom and John came in I would be cold
[00:42.95] From a bridge on Washington Avenue
[00:49.81] The year of 1972, broke my bones and skull
[00:54.41] And it was memorable
[00:57.24] It was half a second in, I was halfway down
[00:59.71] Do you think I wanted to turn back around and teach a class
[01:03.44] Where you kiss the ass that I've exposed to you?
[01:09.52] And at the funeral, the university
[01:18.38] Cried at three poems they'd present
[01:25.81] In place of a broken me
[01:31.83] I was breaking in a case of suds at the Brass Rail
[01:36.42] A fall-down drunk with his tongue torn out
[01:40.04] And his balls removed
[01:42.31] And I knew that my last lines were gone
[01:45.05] While, stupidly, I lingered on
[01:47.39] Oh, but wise men know when it's time to go
[01:49.80] And so I should, too
[01:55.09] And so I fly into the brightest winter sun
[02:03.89] Of this frozen town, I'm stripped down to move on
[02:13.46] My friends, I'm gone
[02:18.94] Well, I hear my father fall
[02:35.29] And I hear my mother call
[02:38.75] And I hear the others all whispering, Come home
[02:45.01] I'm sorry to go
[02:50.29] I loved you all so
[02:56.35] But this is the worst trip I've ever been on
[03:05.53] So hoist up the [John B.] sail
[03:13.63] See how the mainsail sets
[03:18.84] I'm full in my heart and my head
[03:22.48] And I want to go home
[03:26.84] With a book in my hand
[03:31.28] In the way I had planned
[03:36.05] Well, this is the worst trip I've ever been on
[03:44.84] Hoist up the [John B.] sail
[03:53.39] See how the mainsail sets
[04:00.30] I'm full in my heart and my head
[04:01.15] And I want to go home
[04:05.74] With a book in each hand
[04:08.82] In the way I had planned
[04:16.74] Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home
[04:25.56]