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Truckin' Off Across the Sky Lyrics
Get on board
The Reaper wants to take you all for a ride
Get on board
The Reaper wants to take you all for a ride
His private train is leaving
To slip you to the other side
He’s got cocaine and morphine too
Lots of stuff to get you all high
Little pink pills in a brown bag
Truckin’ off across the sky
If you feel like a disaster when you wake up in the morning
Nothing but a God damn monkey wrench inside your head
Got some things to make you go faster, others make you go slower
Open your eyes, take a drop, take away the red
He’s got cocaine and morphine too
Lots of stuff to get you all high
Little pink pills in a brown bag
Truckin’ off across the sky
The Reaper wants to take you all for a ride
Get on board
The Reaper wants to take you all for a ride
His private train is leaving
To slip you to the other side
Lots of stuff to get you all high
Little pink pills in a brown bag
Truckin’ off across the sky
Nothing but a God damn monkey wrench inside your head
Got some things to make you go faster, others make you go slower
Open your eyes, take a drop, take away the red
Lots of stuff to get you all high
Little pink pills in a brown bag
Truckin’ off across the sky
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Great live song. Listen to the live version recorded in seattle its ovious what the song is about so I wont waste your time
I thought the same thing about this song for years & years - a great party song about all the goodies needed to take off and go "truckin' off across the sky..." presumably at a concert. The fact that it was never recorded in the studio or released as a single seemed to indicate as much. There was also a 'naughty' quality to it that you could jam out like crazy to the song, but couldn't belt out the lyrics in 'polite' company. I didn't do drugs but I sure drove my parents crazy by playing it at high volume behind closed doors in my bedroom.
Recently, and like the another comment here, I read that it was actually an ANTI-drug song. Hmmm...I suppose a case could be made for that in how it starts with the "Reaper wants to take y'all for a ride..." that will slip you "...to the other side..." Add to that the party atmosphere it describes in the entertainment (Miss America!) and you have an attitude akin to or even a forerunner of "Highway To Hell" (AC/DC).
A further description of how you can feel in the morning - and what you have to do to beat it - can also show or be a warning about addiction and being stuck in a rut. The 'rut' being the "fly now, crash later" cycle and having to take more junk to feel normal or to be able to function.
Also, the song closes with "...only the Reaper can get you on the train..." and fades out repeating a checklist of what you need or can take in order to board & ride. Yeah, I could see it interpreted as an anti-drug song but it sounds too damned fun to think about it while rockin' out. Besides, try selling that idea with this song & "The Pusher" (Steppenwolf) to your parents or grandparents - we already know the only parts or lyrics they would hear ????