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The summer was dry like your nose when you've been behind coke for a day and a season
We sail out into the grasshopper nite and we seek the righteous poison
Sunday morning in speedway, y'know the people come around for a reason
SUNDAY MORNIN SUNDAY MORNIN
The land is green and you make it grow, go to the forest and move
The sound of thundering electrical energy calls us to the park in the noon
C'mon anybody-now fill my pipe * to the park * to the forest and move
When I feel you coming round me - ridin in the sun
Goin home move your mind toward Mars and then beyond
Genesis is not the answer to what we had before
I we altogether in you
You know I remember the 23rd of November
To the abyss of Chicago you can see the barbed wire - pigs around a lot of nothin
The witch hunters wail and they bark and they wheeze and they try to turn us onto their poison
You know - a starship circlin in the sky - it ought to be ready by 1990
They'll be buildin it up in the air even since 1980
People with a clever plan can assume the role of the mighty
and HIJACK THE STARSHIP
Carry 7000 people past the sun
And our babes'll wander naked thru the cities of the universe
Cmon
free minds, free bodies, free dope, free music
the day is on its way the day is ours
You breathe out You breathe in
And the glow of the machine'll get you on
Gracefully growing - as wild as we can be
Only the sun knows what we really need to know
Only the sun holds the secret
And more than human can we be
Cause human's truly locked
To this planetary circle
You gotta ride said the Doktor of space
I have lived here once before
The lites in the nite are a village of stars
Of stars that I have explored
Beyond the idea of beyond the void
And beyond that and more
Parallel lines in this village of stars
Will lead you to the second door
And time won't wait for the Doktor of space from the city of the sun to come
WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE
CHAOS OR COMMUNITY
CAN'T YOU SEE - ON THIS AND FUTURE SUNDAYS
7000 Gypsies swirlin together
Offering to the sun in the name of the weather
Gonna Hijack - HIJACK THE STARSHIP
We sail out into the grasshopper nite and we seek the righteous poison
Sunday morning in speedway, y'know the people come around for a reason
SUNDAY MORNIN SUNDAY MORNIN
The land is green and you make it grow, go to the forest and move
The sound of thundering electrical energy calls us to the park in the noon
C'mon anybody-now fill my pipe * to the park * to the forest and move
Goin home move your mind toward Mars and then beyond
Genesis is not the answer to what we had before
I we altogether in you
To the abyss of Chicago you can see the barbed wire - pigs around a lot of nothin
The witch hunters wail and they bark and they wheeze and they try to turn us onto their poison
They'll be buildin it up in the air even since 1980
People with a clever plan can assume the role of the mighty
and HIJACK THE STARSHIP
Carry 7000 people past the sun
And our babes'll wander naked thru the cities of the universe
Cmon
free minds, free bodies, free dope, free music
the day is on its way the day is ours
And the glow of the machine'll get you on
Gracefully growing - as wild as we can be
Only the sun holds the secret
And more than human can we be
Cause human's truly locked
To this planetary circle
I have lived here once before
The lites in the nite are a village of stars
Of stars that I have explored
Beyond the idea of beyond the void
And beyond that and more
Parallel lines in this village of stars
Will lead you to the second door
And time won't wait for the Doktor of space from the city of the sun to come
CHAOS OR COMMUNITY
CAN'T YOU SEE - ON THIS AND FUTURE SUNDAYS
Offering to the sun in the name of the weather
Gonna Hijack - HIJACK THE STARSHIP
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The song was a science fiction story (nominated for a Hugo Award) so it wasn't meant to be taken literally. Yes, it was naive idealsim but utopias usually are unrealistic, but again, it was a work of fiction for one's entertainment and a great piece of work nonetheless.
I believe Orson Scott Card said this was the greatest science fiction album ever.
I believe Orson Scott Card said this was the greatest science fiction album ever.
And why the reference to the 23rd of November? Even the 24th would make a little sense since Ruby's killing of the Patsy was an early clue of the conspiracy. But the 23rd?
These lyrics are from the album 'Blows Against The Empire', which was a psychedelic-concept-album in 1970 featuring members of The Jefferson Airplane, Crosby Stills Nash, and The Grateful Dead. It is a dated piece from the Flower-Power-Hippy-Era, about a group of Hippies who hijack a starship to escape The Establishment and live free in outer space. Not only did we NOT have a starship by 1980 or 1990, but NASA recently shelved its plans for a 'space-plane' that was to be the successor to the space-shuttle. Submitted by: Johnny D via www.amiright.com btw amazing song can't believe there isn't any comments yet?
An epic story from the mind of Mr. Kantner.
"The witch hunters wail and they bark and they wheeze and they try to turn us onto their poison" This line needs a correction (As sung at least) S/B The witch hunters wail and they bark and they wheeze and they try to TUNE us INTO their poison
What a great, underrated album by the brilliant Paul Kantner. I believe they had agreed that the first 3 among the 7000 gypsies who would board the Starship were Kantner, Garcia and Crosby. Love the classic Airplane with Jorma, but this tune and Garcia's work on Starship and others is so sweet.