Tunes - Volume 2
"It's in my blood
and doctors say
skied out is my disease . . ."
- Cloudbuster
Contents
1) Born for Flying
2) Sled Dog Blues
3) Dave and Me
4) Doncha Bitch at Me
5) Get Back Mother Loders
6) Telluride Wind
7) Cloudbuster
1. Born for Flying
I was born when the moon was full and bright
I've been flying like crazy ever since that night
I was born for flying
My momma must have raised me right
On the day I was born the doctor said
"I can't tell if that's hair or feathers on his head!"
I was born for flying
My momma must have raised me right
I learned how to fly before I could walk
I learned how to cuss before I could talk
I was born for flying
My momma must have raised me right
Everybody said where I come from
That before I get old I'd prob'ly fly to the sun
I was born for flying
My momma must have raised me right
I've learned something that I'll never forget
Flyboys like women they ain't had yet
I was born for flying
My momma must have raised me right
No telling what I'll do or what I'll try
But I gotta keep flying till the day I die
I was born for flying
My momma sure did raise me right
# # #
(from the song "Born for Trouble"
sung by Willie Nelson
written by Fred Carter Jr
on the album "Born for Trouble"
released by Columbia)
2. Sled Dog Blues
Feeling tired and weary from my helmet to my shoes
Feeling tired and weary from my helmet to my shoes
Well I got a low down feeling
I got them sled dog blues
Took a flight this morning I had a plan to cruise
Launched my kite this morning I had a plan to cruise
Instead I'm scraping treetops
I got them sled dog blues
I got no elevation I got nothing left to lose
I got no elevation I got nothing left to lose
I need some good luck or a miracle
I got them sled dog blues
CHORUS:
Fly, fly, fly on down to the ground
There's my honky tonk sky queen waiting
And there's no lift to be found
Feeling tired and weary from my helmet to my shoes
Feeling tired and weary from my helmet to my shoes
Well I got a low down feeling
I got them sled dog blues
# # #
(from the song "Cowpuncher Blues"
written and sung by Sourdough Slim
on the tape "Half Baked"
released by Sourdough Slim, P.O. Box 2021, Paradise, CA 95967)
3. Dave and Me
Arriving late at Hammondsport, hope it dosn't rain,
walking in, Boy that's hard on the knees.
Fearless is ahead of me, must be in good shape,
only took one rest stop to my three.
Standing in the launch slot, we see Mark set to go
he'll probly fly a hunnerd miles at least.
I'd trade all of my spare bungies, two downtoobs, maybe three,
if we could fly that far,
Dave and Me!
CHORUS:
Thermals are a man's best friend, ridges, fun to cruise.
I can hear my vario, beep, beep, beep!
Yonder are the landing fields, which one will we choose,
any one's alright,
stretch that L/D (EEE!),
hope we land it upwind Dave and Me!
From the cliff launch out at Mossy, to the long run at Dansville,
Dave and I, we flew without a doubt.
With a couple of near misses, and a landing in a tree,
someday we'll have it figured out.
If the gods are willing, and we pray for hours each night,
we might get so high, New York we'd see.
I'd trade all of my spare bungies, two downtoobs, mayby three,
if we could get that high,
Dave and Me!
CHORUS:
Thermals are a man's best friend, ridges, fun to cruise.
I can hear my vario, beep, beep, beep!
Yonder are the landing fields, which one will we choose,
any ones alright,
stretch that L/D (EEE!),
hope we land it upwind Dave and Me,
don't wanna land it downwind, Dave and Me,
can't afford the downtoobs, Dave and Me!
# # #
(Words by Gil Levesque
to the tune of the song "Me and Bobby Mcgee"
sung by Janice Joplin
written by Kris Kristofferson
on the album "Pearl"
released by Columbia)
4. Doncha Bitch at Me
HIM:
I come [G] home from flying and you're [C] waiting for me [G] there
With a [G] bone to pick and a [C] chicken wing to [G] share [G7]
[C] Something's on your mind behind that [G] fuming and hissing
[G] You wanna talk, but [D] I don't want to [G] listen [G7]
CHORUS:
Doncha [C] bitch at me even [G] though you should
[D] I know I [G] ain't no good
[C] I don't ask you to [G] drive for me
[D] So Honeysuckle don't you [G] bitch at me [C G D G C G D G]
HIM:
I bring you pain and hurt and stress and strife
I never do a lick of work 'cuz I live to fly
I ain't got the sense I was born with, there's a void between my ears
And you'll be telling me that for the next 57 years
CHORUS
HER:
Dude, you scoundrel, there still isn't any other
That's because I didn't listen to my mother
She tried to warn me, but I said no, you'd change
HARANGUE:
But you didn't change, you're still a bum
All you wanna do is fly all day and drink beer and smoke cigars
And watch football on TV and out with the flyboys every night
And anything but work, you hate work
And besides that, when's the last time you put down the toilet seat
I'd like to know that right now
And some day it's be nice if you'd learn how to wash the dishes
And don't you dare ever think about asking me to be a hang driver again
CHORUS
# # #
(from the song "Doncha Bitch at Me"
sung by Doodoo Wah
written by Ron DeLacy
on the album "Doodoo Wah"
released by Ballum Rancum Records, P.O. Box 1500, Columbia, CA 95310)
Visit Doodoo Wah's web page at http://www.picklehead.com/doodoowah.html
5. Get Back Mother Loders
I got a pal whose name is Jimbo, everyone calls him Big Jim
When he gets up in that big launch window, you better not stand behind him
Get back, get back, get back I say you best beware
Get back, get back, last week he blew off half my hair
We went flyin' down to Big Sur, I heard Liz there talking'
If you think I'm sittin here in this rain all day, brother you can just start walkin'
Get back, get back, woman just quit yer whinin'
Get back, get back, we're here to do some real flyin'
Shannon and Ken the Sierra Cruisers, they always get high and go far
If you're flyin' better stay right with 'em, or you'll have to chase 'em in your car
Get back, get back, get back up there you flyin' brothers
Get back, get back, you're the best of the loaded Mothers
We've got this friend his name is Ken, everyone call him the Cap'n
We'll be up there sled ridin' again, but he can always make it happen
Get back, get back, get back brother let me tell ya
Get back, get back, give 'em hell down there in Australia
Shannon he's hot, he's number one, he flies this wild green machine
Even though that bird's about ten years old, it's the fastest thing I've ever seen
Get back, get back, get back up there where there's thunder
Get back, get back, good luck to you all Down Under
We got this friend his name is Doc, you know he flies so fine
But up on the Pass he almost ate a rock, I think he ought to fly supine
Get back, get back, get back you're lucky you're not dead
Get back, get back, what's that noseplate doin' on your head
We got a gal whose name is Mary, she's the queen of the skies
Every now and then she has a launch that's scary, but she's mostly higher than the guys
Get back, get back, get back up there you flyin' sister
Get back, get back, at Hat Creek she landed in a twister
We're sendin' down this friend named Mike, his last name is Lella
He'll talk on his radio all day long, but he ain't got a thing to tell ya
Get back, get back, get back up there but change your handle
Get back, get back, at least please try another channel
Wally's got this gal whose name is Peg, she always has a good time
In Lakeview she musta laughed all night long, I think she had a sip of wine
Get back, get back, get back girl and keep on drivin'
Get back, get back, 'cause Wally's gonna keep on flyin'
Wally there once crashed into this spool, somewhere up in Coulterville
Peggy shook her head and said I married this fool, but you know life is real swell
Get back, get back, get back home and pay your rent
Get back, get back, that ain't no air bag, it's someone's dome tent
[about 14 more verses to be input here. . .]
We've got a Mother Lode Dude whose name is Karl, everyone knows him as Andy
Last year he got married to a real swell girl, now he doesn't have to use his hand-y
Get back, get back, you finally did something right
Get back, get back, you've got a woman and you've still got flight
I've got a friend whose name is Guy, he can't wait to get some air
I told him it's a good way to die, he said great I'll take another beer
Get back, get back, get back up on that trainin' hill
Get back, get back, if you want to be a pilot you will
I've got a son whose name is Ben, as a kid he's real cute
I took him flying for his birthday last year, he got sick and puked
Get back, get back, get back in the air little brother
Get back, get back, but don't ever tell your mother
Together we're the Mother Lode Skyriders, that's what they call us 'round here
We don't have any jobs and we don't make any money, but we always seem to get a free beer
Get back, get back, get back up in the air there brothers
Get back, get back, get back all you loaded Mothers
Well this is the end of this masterpiece, it's my Mother Lode Skyrider song
someone said I should sing more about me, 'cause I have done plenty wrong
Get back, get back, I must have done something right
Get back, get back, I could sing songs about me all night
I dedicate this to our flyin' team, that's the Sierra Cruisers
Now Jimbo and me, we have a different theme, you could say we're Sierra Boozers
Get back, get back, get back and show 'em how it's done
Get back, get back to us you are number one
# # #
(words by Keith Baltz of Modesto, California
to the tune of the song "Get Back"
sung by the Beatles
written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
on the album "Let It Be"
released by Apple Records)
6. Telluride Wind
[C] Even as she sleeps she [F] feels his restless [C] turning
She struggles with an old dream all night [G7] long
[C] When she awakes she [F] turns to reassure [C] him
She whispers to the shadows [G7] and finds him [C] gone
Way up on the hill a single lantern's burning
She faintly hears a guitar play his favorite flyin' song
She watches as he preflights his rigging and his harness
A sudden chill runs through her the cold of a not quite dawn
CHORUS:
She's losing [F] him
To that Telluride [C] wind
That blows through his [G7] soul
When the summer be- [C] gins
When the winter [F] snows fall
He'll come back a- [C] gain
[F] But his heart always [C] drifts
[G7] On that Telluride [C] wind
[F] Now it all makes [C] sense those signs she'd been [F] seeing all a- [C] long
[F] She feels like [C] such a fool [F] cuz a woman ought to [C] know
The [F] other day she saw him sittin' [C] out on the [F] south fence
Checking wind speed [C] kickin' dust [G7] just starin' down the [C] road
One sure way to lose him is to try and make him stay
He can't explain it he don't even know himself
But the force that drew her to him now its just gotta let him go
The sound of wind in his flyin' wires is the only thing that helps
CHORUS
When the winter snows fall
He'll come back again
But his heart always drifts
On that Telluride wind
# # #
(from the song "Rodeo Wind"
sung by Jerry Jeff Walker
written by Chris Wall
on the album "Live at Gruene Hall"
released by Rykodisc)
7. Cloudbuster
Fat pilot lookin at a blade of steel
thin pilot lookin at his last meal
poor pilot lookin at a cottonfield
for Cloudbuster
Wise pilot lookin in a blade of grass
young pilot lookin at a skyqueen's ass
blind pilot lookin through shaded glass
for Cloudbuster
We all got high on New Year's Eve
somebody said Cloudbuster was the first to leave
I flew into the city, flew into the town
flew into the land of the midnight sun
Drinkin pilot listens to the voice he hears
in a crowded room full of empty beers
lookin into the lost forgotten years
for Cloudbuster
Stoned pilot breakin out of a trance
puts both his hands on the down tube of chance
hopin' to find one circumstance
of Cloudbuster
I flew down where the vultures feed
I would've gone deeper, but there wasn't any need
saw the wings of angels and the wings of men
wasn't any difference to me
I went to a party with Betty Lou
she said "I don't want nobody see me talking to you"
said it would be all through if she told me what she knew
about Cloudbuster
Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade
sinking fast, debts unpaid
if I make the landing gonna ask the maid
have you seen Cloudbuster
Dust devil swirlin cross the silver sky
my tatooed wings gonna get me high
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light
in the sink hole of despair
Jim Lee and Larry Tudor at the home of the blues
said they'd give me information if their names weren't used
they wanted money up front, said they was abused
by Cloudbuster
Searchin low, searchin high
searchin everytime I fly
askin the eagle up in the sky
have you seen Cloudbuster
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed
Cloudbuster never been photographed
I flew into the red, flew into the black
into the valley of skyout dreams
So much sky, so much at stake
skyin out at the edge of the lake
but sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take
to find Cloudbuster
# # #
(adapted by the Sierra Cruisers of Coulterville, California
from the song "Dignity"
written and sung by Bob Dylan
on the album "MTV Unplugged"
released by Columbia)
End of Volume 2
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