Can we pretend that airplanes In the night sky
Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now (wish right now, wish right now)
Can we pretend that airplanes In the night sky
Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now (wish right now, wish right now)
Yeah I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
To go back to a place much simpler than this
Cause after all the partying
The smashing and crashing
And all the glitz and the glam and the fashion
And after all the pandemonium and all the madness
There comes a time when you fade to the blackness
When you’re staring at that phone in your lap
And hopin’ but them people never call you back
But that’s just how the story unfolds
You get another hand
Soon after you fold
And when your plans unravel in the sand
What would you wish for if you had one chance?
So airplanes airplanes
Sorry I’m late
I’m on my way
So don’t close that gate
If I don’t make that
Then I switch my flight
And I’ll be right back at it
By the end of the night
Yeah Yeah
Somebody take me back to the days
Before this was a job
Before I got paid
Before it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Yeah back when i was trying to get a tip at Subway
Back when I was rapping for the hell of it
But now days we rapping to stay relevant
I’m guessing that if we can make some wishes out of airplanes
Then maybe oh maybe I’ll go back to the days
Before the politics that we call the rap game
And back when ain’t nobody listened to my mixtape
And back before I tried to cover up my slang
But this is for decatur
What’s up Bobby Ray
So can I get a wish to end the politics
And get back to the music that started this shit
So here I stand
And then again i say
I’m hoping we can make some wishes out of airplanes
Aside from the beat, I also liked the lyrics.
ReplyDeleteI think it suits my mood..I could really use a wish right now...
Getting kinda tired of hearing rap songs which talk about violent or even angsty stuff...so its a break to hear about a person longing for the good ole days when everything seemed to be simpler then..
...yes, those were the days...
ReplyDeleteA novel way of putting it though to suggest airplanes crash therebye crashing the dream is a bit off. Shooting stars actually always burn out, thats what makes them visible, but we rely on dreams based up on them.
ReplyDeleteFortunately plane crashes are not so common.
lol
hehe...good point John..
ReplyDeletenow I see its better to wish better on airplanes than shooting stars...
Could be Cat, I find it best to make sure my dreams become reallity by actually going ahead with doing it for myself.
ReplyDeletelol
this got me to thinking, but I never arrived at a fixed answer :-)
ReplyDeletethis is another thing...
ReplyDeletesometimes I'm tired of hearing other people around me express wishes one after another in a never-ending refrain...all talk, no action...tsk..tsk..
when all that time could be used better for going after it and doing something about it instead of being lost in Walter Smitty daydreams
Well yes. Although I had been to Japan several times in my earlier life I often dreamed of going back. The friends I met on Skype kept asking if I would visit, then Nantiya my Thai skype friend called from Oslos asking If she could stay here for a week before returning to BKK. I agreed, then promptly set about arranging with my JP friends a month of visiting, cos if Nantiya could do it so could I.
ReplyDeletelol
now that is inspiring!
ReplyDeleteif John can do it, so could I...
hehe...
now if only you could say youve been to Africa, I might get the courage to do it too *wink*
I have been to North Africa, Egypt, and its near neighbors in 1953 - 54.
ReplyDeletehmm...Timbuktu?
ReplyDeleteLybya- lol
ReplyDeleteah..pass also...
ReplyDeleteI also visited Yemen on the same journey.
ReplyDeletelol
am not sure if I am interested at this point in visiting Yemen..
ReplyDeleteits a pity..when I was younger and the world wasn't as conflicted as it is now, I had a yen to visit for me "exotic" sounding countries like Sudan or Morocco or something like that..
No Cat, I don't think I would either. It was much different in 1953-54, I visited Iran, Iraq, Pakistan at that time among many others. Finaly flying out from Lybia to UK.
ReplyDeleteawww..do you still have photos of your 50s trip to those places?
ReplyDeleteam just really sad at the thought that wars not only destroys people's lives, but also precious cultural artifacts...
I remember from your post about that Big Buddha in Afghanistan...tsk..tsk...of all places...
I do have a small collection of small very grainy B/W pics in an album, the negatives are long gone. The pics, even if removed, are no good to be scanned.
ReplyDeleteawww...too bad...the negatives could have been converted (well, am not sure on 2nd thought after all this time has passed)
ReplyDeleteTrue, so many years added to the fact that tropical climate damage was already extensive when I returned home.
ReplyDeletethere's only one answer to that....time travel! mwahaha!
ReplyDeleteOK, I'll ring to "Doctor Who" then. lol
ReplyDeletelet me know when its successful..I'd like to try posing for cute baby pictures myself..hahaha..
ReplyDeleteMe in my first Car. lol -
ReplyDeleteThe writing on it was added by a friend here in Denmark.
ahaha! John, remember what I said when I saw your picture in horizontal stripes?
ReplyDeleteits the same comment I make here...LOL
oh and what does it say in Danish? if you don't mind my asking....
ReplyDeleteSaturday 20th May 2006
ReplyDeleteDear John
Heart felt congratulations on your birthday.
We have found this perfect likeness
of you in your first “Porche”,
It could have been taken yesterday.
Hoping for a visit soon.
Med friendly Greetings.
Karen & Anders.
I will also tell you that Karen and Anders are Multiply friends that I met first of all on Skype, they live about 80 kM from my home. The photo is one they "Nicked" with my permission from my page.
Why "Porche" you may ask, joke really, I visited them and their neighbors very young son looked at my VW and exclaimed to his father, Look. Karens friend has got a Porche, ever since my car is always refered to as a "PORCHE"
wahaha...very sleek "porche"...though why don't you get a porsche these days? it would be nice to have it in red and then I visit your country and you (haha..as if I could ever go to Denmark the way the economy is going) I can pose with it myself *grin*
ReplyDelete"Economy" Cat, is the operative word even here these day's, we can't afford to stay, nor can we afford to leave.
ReplyDeleteI once had this, the closest I've ever been to owning a Porche :-
It is a "Triumph TR II"
looks quite James Bondish!
ReplyDeletevrrrooommm! but it always makes me imagine what if the controls get stuck when rain arrives...
I'm afraid the only British car my father and I drove was an Austin mini which was colored a minty green ...hmm...I wonder if I can find pictures of that with me in it...we drove it around our city and it got stared at...haha! coz there weren't of course a lot of it rolling around...
Memories again, I've had seven or eight Morris Mini's, same car, different name as it happens. I used most of them for racing on tracks, but did use one here to drive all over Europe on holidays with the family.
ReplyDeleteLast time in Japan I saw many of them, very well kept and shining like new cars, but that is typical in Japan, nearly all cars look factory fresh.
its difficult to imagine any dilapidated and sorry looking car running around in Japan...
ReplyDeleteeveryone is so polite, the cars may end up apologizing for their shabby appearance if so lol...
Yes, I've not even seen a dented car there. lol
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