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Waitress In The Sky Lyrics
She don't wear no pants and she don't wear no tie
Always on the ball, she's always on strike
Struttin' up the aisle, big deal, you get to fly
You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
Paid my fare, don't wanna complain
You get to me, you're always outta champagne
Treat me like a bum, don't wear no tie
'cause you ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
And the sign says, "Thank you very much for not smoking"
My own sign says, "I'm sorry, I'm smokin'"
Don't treat me special, don't kiss my ass
Treat me like the way they treat 'em up in first class
Sanitation expert and a maintenance engineer
Garbage man, a janitor and you my dear
A real union flight attendant, my oh my
You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
Always on the ball, she's always on strike
Struttin' up the aisle, big deal, you get to fly
You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
Paid my fare, don't wanna complain
You get to me, you're always outta champagne
Treat me like a bum, don't wear no tie
'cause you ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
And the sign says, "Thank you very much for not smoking"
My own sign says, "I'm sorry, I'm smokin'"
Don't treat me special, don't kiss my ass
Treat me like the way they treat 'em up in first class
Garbage man, a janitor and you my dear
A real union flight attendant, my oh my
You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky
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krushzed On Jan 10, 2002
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Those corrections are wrong dude
The story that I have heard is that Paul Westerberg's sister was a flight attendant - he was kind of making fun of her
"Always on stride" is the correct line.
This song is definitely about one of Paul's older sisters, and it is meant to sort of take the p*ss. "That was done in good humor. I was playing the character of the creep who demands to be treated like a king. 'Cause I'd heard all the stories from my sister about how people would yell at her and how she'd 'accidentally' spill something on them."
I'm pretty srue this song is about some snotty flight attendant. I mean duh.
yeah, nobody likes that "look at me I'm a flight attendant" attitude...
Paul's sister is actually a DJ on a local Minneapolis radio station
"Always on stride" sounds correct to my ears as well. And it IS "A real union flight attendant." At least, again, to my ears.
My understanding is that this song originated from unpleasant interactions with a flight attendant by or with Pete Buck from REM. Apparently he felt that he wasn't treated very well by the stewardess.
This song is definitely about one of Paul's older sisters, and it is meant to sort of take the p*ss. "That was done in good humor. I was playing the character of the creep who demands to be treated like a king. 'Cause I'd heard all the stories from my sister about how people would yell at her and how she'd 'accidentally' spill something on them."
This song is definitely about one of Paul's older sisters, and it is meant to sort of take the p*ss. "That was done in good humor. I was playing the character of the creep who demands to be treated like a king. 'Cause I'd heard all the stories from my sister about how people would yell at her and how she'd 'accidentally' spill something on them."
It's clearly "reunion flight attendant". On the demo he sang "At the reunion: Flight attendant? My oh my!" but it was to much so he just dropped a few words, as he often did.