Harry Nilsson - Flying Song Lyrics (ORIGINAL) from the Sandman album. Transcribed by Max R.
(horns, drums, funky guitar riffs and a waves of violin/cello run throughout the song.)
1: "Hey! what's happening?" 1)
2: "Hey.. what's shaking? how's your old lady?" 2)
"Oh she's fine, you know... a little hemorrhoidal problem now and then, but you know what i... "
"Oh so happenin'?"
"Ah much except um... I had a weird experience, the other night..."
"Is right?"
"Yeah, you see um... I was along, you know, minding my own..."
"Yeah"
"I off to my right, an' I, saw this strange light."
"A "
"That's Right.... So anyway what happened, it got me thinkin' about this poem I once."
"A huh?"
"Yeah, a poem. like... last night in search of light. I watched a of fi ..You mind if I do this for ya do ya man?"
"Hey hey, no man I was only you on it's your record, you know what I mean? Carry on, do whatever you want..."
"Well last night! in of light! I watched a ball of fire streak across the sky! I watched it then grow then shrink then into silhouette of morning, as I it die..
You know what I said to I said Hey. I got a lot in common that light"
2: "That's right"
1: "Ya I'm alive! a fire, my life, it across my span of time, and is by those who "lift" their eyes, in of light, to them, the LONG! DARK! NIGHT!
"Hey you that's alright, hehe"
"Well thanks man, it's just a poem I learned a long ago"
"It's still alright, but me somethin'. What happened?"
"Well you see... That wasn't the funny that happened to me, you see, the funny thing that happened to me was that.. Well it got me thinking about this man I met a few years back, in this bar sorta, and he uh.... Well he told me a sort of a strange uh... you know, flying saucer story."
"Flying huh?"
"Yeah, ya see, one night he was walking' along mindin' his own, and looked off to his right and he saw strange light too."
"A right?"
"Right."
"So anyway, he off to investigate this light off to his right, right?"
"Right."
"Got about half way across this field and... realized what he was doing, you know? I mean, I mean all there he was in the middle of a field in the middle of the night investigating this weird light off to the right, right?
"Right. So happened?"
"Well, to a long story shor...uh, you know. Shorter, he split."
"Yo he split?"
"Yeah! You know... um {JESUS}..."
"All right so what happened you?"
"Well, I got to thinking of this guy in the story, the poem and you know?"
"Yeah"
"Well, so I too, you understand?"
"You split..."
"Yeah I Split"
"Split."
"Split! S-P-L-I-T, Split!"
"Shit. Well I got to split now myself see, uh (chuckles) listen I hope wife and your whatchamacallits get better real fast, and all that.."
"Hey wait! wait a wai.. way..."
"Wait a minute for what man? What do think you're doin'? You turning in to crusades or something? That's the dumbest story I ever in my Life."
"Whachu mean? Listen I'm you the truth!"
"That's nice, you know, but uh.. you ever hear the one about the guy a wooden eye?"
"Hey now do that to me man I mean... well let me put it this way."
"Listen, shit. You know You're CRAZY. You know that?"
"Wha... hey.. don't you call me crazy man... {Background screaming; "I you"} Let me ask you somethin', what would you have done man?"
"Well to begin with I have told this story, you understand?"
"That's easy for you to say but it happened to me, you what I mean?"
"Hey listen man be some asshole, you trying' to pull my..."
"Hey you ME and ASSHOLE?"
"No I'm just you're an ASSHOLE, you're sayi')"
3: BARTENDER: "Hey you guy.. alright alright, let's clean up this language, clean it up, come on. Either you clean up this language or get out of this place."
1: "Hey man.. man me an ASSHOLE!"
3: BARTENDER: "Alright that's enough of those words! Now ya talk clean or ya get outta here!"
2: "I'm sayin' ah... it's not me, it's just that you ARE and ASSHOLE, understand?" (background screaming: "I want. I need, I love you!")
1: "Hey you know somethin?, you what's gonna happen to ya"
2: "Hey don't raise that glass. Understand?"
1: "Hey... you know what I could do to you if I wanted t.... Hey.. you make me angry or nuthin'"
2: "yeah"
1:"I'm just tryin' to talk to you, you asked me, said 'how'm I doin' I said okay, you ask me how my lady was I told ya, said what's new. I'm tellin' ya about story about what happened to me the other night! I was REALLY walking' along, I REALLY looked off to my right, I REALLY DID see a LIGHT off in the middle of the night off to my right. I REALLY did tell you EVERYTHING and THAT'S RIGHT! You Understand?!"
"Alright, all right, alright, all I gotta go now."
"GOD DAMNIT MAN! What are you doin' to me man, you're making me look a fool!"
2: "Oh that's easy man all you have to do is in your own MIRROR..."
1: "Aye man!"
3: "Watch your language."
1: "Aye man, you hear me singin' a while ago?"
3: "Hey let me ask you guys somethin', are you a group or anything?"
1: "Group?"
3: "Well I heard you ya singin' before, I I thought maybe ya's a group, you know?"
1: "Hey.. Hey why don't you just get paid? You serve the drinks, you know, you wipe them glasses leave us alone. Hey you know Let's go to some other bar."
2: "Well alright."
(Background "LOVE!")
(FADES OUT)