Chartered Trips

Hüsker Dü

I picked up my belongings in a nylon carry-all
Heard the porter call

He said "the sky's the limit on this chartered trip away"

I guess I'd better stay

Out there on the desert, I see trees on every wall
Nothing's ever solved

He said "the sky's the limit on this chartered trip away"

I guess I'd better stay away

I thought I owed myself a trip away
I wanted to go to places, I have never been away
I looked at the pictures, imagine where they lay, away
On a beach by the sand, where their clothes all lay away

Clothes, yeah, yeah, free from all the noise, nylon carry-all
Hear the porter call
Horizon is oblivious, chartered trip away
Guess I better stay

Out there on the desert, I see trees on every wall
Nothing's ever solved
Horizon is oblivious, chartered trip away
Guess I better stay away

Aah, aah, to go to places, I have
Places, I have never been away
I looked at the pictures, imagine where they lay, away
On a beach, sand, on a beach, aah, aah, away, away

I picked up my belongings in a nylon carry-all
Heard the porter call
Said "there's no returning, chartered trip away"
I guess I'd better stay

Said "there's no returning, chartered trip away"
Said "there's no returning, chartered trip away"
Said "there's no returning, from this chartered trip away"
Said "no returning"
Said there's no returning
From this chartered trip away
Said there's no returning
From this chartered trip away
Said there's no returning
From this chartered trip away


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    i've read in an old interview that this song is about a young boy going off to war.

    kissofthecobraon January 23, 2006   Link

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