J wrote this while living in Japan after hearing about the birth of his first nephew.
lyrics
All aboard! The carpet leaving before moonset
All aboard! The carpet leaving before moonset
Hurry up! Thing One and Thing Two are out of their box
And the Oncelers are driving away the Lorax
All aboard! The carpet leaving before moonset
All aboard! The carpet leaving before moonset
Look at the walls of the room fading away
Let's sail off with Max to where the Wild Things stay
So if the gum won't come off of our shoe
We'll run barefoot all the way to Timbukto
On the way we'll cook up some hearty stone soup
And look up at the stars giving
We'll trick a leprachaun out of his pot of gold
And then we'll catch a ride on the back of the crow
To fly as he does to Robin's men in Sherwood Forest
And with them we'll try living
All aboard! The carpet leaving before moonset
All aboard! The carpet leaving before moonset
Look here I got Harold's purple crayon
Let's draw the kind of world we want to be living in
All aboard! The carpet leaving before moonset
All aboard! The carpet leaving before moonset
To the place where the sidewalk ends we'll go
And shake this Yippi-yuk off of our toe
So if this gum won't come off of our shoe
We'll run barefoot all the way to Katmandu
On the way we'll cook up some hearty stone soup
And look up at the stars giving
We'll turn this big ol' 'frigerator box into a spacecraft
Ai Matie! Fly the Jolly Roger up our mast
Catch a ride with Huck, Tom and Jim on a Mississippi raft
And with them try living
Let's shoot a game of pool with Jupiter's moons
Take the yellow submarine to the Atlantis ruins
Oh, how soon I must be leaving
But between the dreams of the night and those of the day
Is a Narnia where we can always stay
I'll meet you there you know the way and once again
We'll start weaving Making and believing Are you believing? Are you believing?
All aboard! The carpet leaving before moonset
All aboard! The carpet leaving before moonset
We've Bilbo Baggins' eyes to see the hole in Smaug's chest
We've got Bart's black arrow to lay the old worm to rest
All aboard! The carpet leaving before moonset
All aboard! The carpet leaving before moonset
With the brains of the Scarecrow and courage of the Lion
And the heart of the Tim Man we'll keep on trying
If the gum won't come off our bare feet
We'll walk upon our hands all the way to ancient Beijing
And like minstrels for our supper we will sing
And look up at the stars giving
We won't let the Umpa Lumpas dumpity di
As we get lost in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory
With Piglet and Pooh we'll have Cottleston Pie and tea
And down at Pooh's Corner we'll try living
Let's play frisbee with Saturn's rings
As knights be sent questing by noble kings and queens
Ah, the Sandman sings (Sandman sings)
How soon I must be leaving
But between the dreams of the night and those of the day
Is a Rivendell where we can always stay
I'll meet you there you know the way and once again
We'll start weaving Making and believing Are you believing?
Are you believing..?
credits
from easy (does it),
released December 7, 2013
J Roth > vocals, guitar, koto
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