The great airplane strike
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1. I was down in
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I threw my clothes and my
saxophone in a two by four-bit trunk,
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I pushed it to the airport, and I ran to the ticket line,
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man
said, "Son, you could have saved the run,
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those
airplanes just quit flyin.”
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If I can't leave here I just
might stay,
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and
that
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2. I ran through the terminal building to fly by my airline,
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the
man said I could ride the wing and I said that was fine.
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He said, “I'll confirm your
reservation and put the plane on hold.”
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He come back and said,
"Sorry, but that wing space just been sold."
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If I can't leave here I just
might stay,
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and
that
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3. I walked into the washroom
and I built myself a fire,
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threw
on lots of paper and the flames kept gettin' higher.
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The janitor come runnin' in, so scared his face was white,
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so, I explained my situation, he said,
"That's all right."
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If I can't leave here I just
might stay,
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and
that
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4. Next day I thought that I would leave, so I packed my things again,
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I waited fourteen hours for a
taxi to come in.
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I spotted one that wasn't
full, and I threw myself in fast,
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the
driver said, "I'm sorry, but this taxi's out of gas!"
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If I can't leave here I just
might stay,
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and
that
(Paul Revere and The Raiders)