Doug Davis - Fantastic Flying Machine

from Round 28, Week 2 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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This is SO not the song I intended to write this week. Still trying to write for this potential new trio project, and I certainly did start with a funky brushes-and-upright-bass feel, but it went off in a totally different, far more whimsical pop direction from there. This makes me smile a bit, and if I could ever find a project that this song made sense for, I'd try to get a lot more fun and creative with the lyrics, but it's a start, I think.

lyrics

Carrie puts her wings on
One arm at a time
Adjusts the straps and
Won’t look back until the
Pump’s been primed
Turns the flywheel,
Sings her nursery rhyme
No destination

Found her jet-thrust engine
In a rubbish pile
Where I discard my best ideas
When they’ve gone
Out of style
Stole her mother’s finest
Circular file
To rig up a sail

Carrie will you drop us a line
Wherever you’ve gone this time
In your sweet fantastic flying machine

Where does she think she’s going
Fueled with glitter and hope
Once again forgot to polish up the
Periscope
Earned her license while she’s
still skipping rope
Sometimes I wonder

Carrie will you drop us a line
Wherever you’ve gone this time
In your sweet fantastic flying machine

Across seven seas the Gulf of Cadiz
All lights in your rear-view mirror
Packed away all your dolls
The world’s getting small 
and you’re getting bigger each day

Carrie will you drop us a line
Wherever you’ve gone this time
In your sweet fantastic flying machine

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from Round 28, Week 2, released July 13, 2020

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