Great tune wonderfully written and performed (as always) by GL.
Hard-living man (after all, he's drunk in the morning!) is lonesome for his loved ones (kids?) 3 hrs away by plane. Perhaps a story of a musician on the road.
He's drunk and only has a dollar - no money to get home :( Just longingly watching planes take off from the airport, unable to buy a ticket. He's wishing he could jump the plane (like a hobo hoping on a train)
The 'Big 707' is a Boeing 707 jet - quite a large aircraft in its day (60's and 70's)
Some of the words are wrong .. but I don't know how to correct them:
"Where the cold wind a-blows" should be: "With a pain that ever grows"
"Well she's going down at last" should be: "She'll be rolling down at last"
"See the silver bird on high" should be: "See the silver wing on high"
Great tune wonderfully written and performed (as always) by GL.
Hard-living man (after all, he's drunk in the morning!) is lonesome for his loved ones (kids?) 3 hrs away by plane. Perhaps a story of a musician on the road.
He's drunk and only has a dollar - no money to get home :( Just longingly watching planes take off from the airport, unable to buy a ticket. He's wishing he could jump the plane (like a hobo hoping on a train)
The 'Big 707' is a Boeing 707 jet - quite a large aircraft in its day (60's and 70's)
Some of the words are wrong .. but I don't know how to correct them:
"Where the cold wind a-blows" should be: "With a pain that ever grows"
"Well she's going down at last" should be: "She'll be rolling down at last"
"See the silver bird on high" should be: "See the silver wing on high"
@tsreyb Yes, you are correct.....I have heard GL sing it both ways.
@tsreyb Yes, you are correct.....I have heard GL sing it both ways.
Here is one version:
Here is one version:
But, I'm stuck here in the grass where the cold wind blows
But, I'm stuck here in the grass where the cold wind blows
https://youtu.be/YWRyZy2gegI
https://youtu.be/YWRyZy2gegI
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Here is the 2nd version:
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Here is the 2nd version:
And, I'm stuck here in the grass with a pain that ever grows
And, I'm stuck here in the grass with a pain that ever grows
https://youtu.be/1pqttl9aWm0
https://youtu.be/1pqttl9aWm0
John
John
@tsreyb Yes, you are correct.....I have heard GL sing it both ways.
@tsreyb Yes, you are correct.....I have heard GL sing it both ways.
Here is one version:
Here is one version:
But, I'm stuck here in the grass where the cold wind blows
But, I'm stuck here in the grass where the cold wind blows
https://youtu.be/YWRyZy2gegI
https://youtu.be/YWRyZy2gegI
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Here is the 2nd version:
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Here is the 2nd version:
And, I'm stuck here in the grass with a pain that ever grows
And, I'm stuck here in the grass with a pain that ever grows
https://youtu.be/1pqttl9aWm0
https://youtu.be/1pqttl9aWm0
John
John
@tsreyb Yes, you are correct.....I have heard GL sing it both ways.
@tsreyb Yes, you are correct.....I have heard GL sing it both ways.
Here is one version:
Here is one version:
But, I'm stuck here in the grass where the cold wind blows
But, I'm stuck here in the grass where the cold wind blows
https://youtu.be/YWRyZy2gegI
https://youtu.be/YWRyZy2gegI
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Here is the 2nd version:
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Here is the 2nd version:
And, I'm stuck here in the grass with a pain that ever grows
And, I'm stuck here in the grass with a pain that ever grows
https://youtu.be/1pqttl9aWm0
https://youtu.be/1pqttl9aWm0
John
John
It keeps posting the incorrect link by adding another http in the URL.
It keeps posting the incorrect link by adding another http in the URL.