Harry - Flying Saucer Song Lyrics (ORIGINAL) from the Sandman album. Transcribed by Max R.
(horns, drums, funky guitar riffs and a waves of violin/cello strumming run the song.)
1: "Hey! what's happening?" 1)
2: "Hey.. what's how's your old lady?" 2) Arrow?
"Oh fine, you know... a little hemorrhoidal problem now and then, but you know what i... [mumbles] "
"Oh so happenin'?"
"Ah much except um... I had a weird experience, the other night..."
"Is right?"
"Yeah, you see um... I was walkin' along, you know, 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... Late last night in of light. I a ball of fi ..You don't mind if I do for ya do ya man?"
"Hey hey, no man I was only puttin' you on it's 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 the midnight sky! I watched it glow grow then shrink then sink silhouette of morning, as I it die..
You what I said to myself 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 streaks my span of time, and is seen by who "lift" their eyes, in of light, to them, the LONG! DARK! NIGHT!
"Hey you know alright, hehe"
"Well thanks man, just a poem I learned a long time ago"
"It's still alright, but me somethin'. What happened?"
"Well you see... That wasn't the funny thing that happened to me, you see, the funny thing that happened to me was that.. Well it got me thinking about 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' mindin' his own, and looked off to his right and he saw this 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 after all there he was in the middle of a field in the middle of the night investigating 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 happened with you?"
"Well, I got to of this guy in the story, the poem and everything 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 see, uh (chuckles) listen I hope your 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 in to crusades or something? That's the dumbest story I ever heard 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 don't do that to me man I mean... well let me put it way."
"Listen, shit. You know You're CRAZY. You know that?"
"Wha... hey.. you call me crazy man... {Background screaming; "I love 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 don't be some asshole, you trying' to my..."
"Hey you ME and ASSHOLE?"
"No I'm sayin' you're an ASSHOLE, you're sayi')"
3: BARTENDER: "Hey you guy.. Alright alright alright, 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 enough of those words! Now either ya talk clean or ya get outta here!"
2: "I'm still sayin' ah... it's not me, it's just that you ARE and ASSHOLE, understand?" (background screaming: "I want. I need, I you!")
1: "Hey you know somethin?, you what's gonna happen to ya"
2: "Hey listen raise that glass. Understand?"
1: "Hey... you know what I could do to you if I t.... Hey.. you don't 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 new. I'm tellin' ya about this 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 right I go now."
"GOD DAMNIT MAN! What are you to me man, you're making me look like a fool!"
2: "Oh that's easy man all you have to do is look in own MIRROR..."
1: "Aye man!"
3: BARTENDER: "Watch language."
1: "Aye man, Didn't you me singin' a while ago?"
3: BARTENDER: "Hey let me ask you somethin', are you a group or anything?"
1: "Group?"
3: Bartender: "Well I heard you ya singin' before, I I thought maybe 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)