Spaceship
Album: Umbrella Man
By: Scott Albert Johnson
By: Scott Albert Johnson
Duration
3:32
Genres
Description
I wrote this song about a light in the sky. I recorded it with members of an acoustic group that I used to play with in Jackson called Animal Farm, along with some other amazing Jackson musicians, including Patrice Moncell, a renowned blues and gospel singer, on background vocals. It’s a rollicking, fun song, but there’s a deeper idea in the lyrics: the innate desire, in all of us, to reach out for something greater than the world around us and “jump off this planet.”
Lyrics
I saw a light the other night It sure was big, it sure was bright It knocked me out, it was outta sight Sure hope it comes back again tonight They said it was from outer space From some far-off and freaky place I'm tellin' you, now, face to face It disappeared without a trace And if I saw a spaceship, could I tell you so? If you thought I'd gone bananas, would you let me know? 'Cause I'm stuck here on this planet and I've got no place to go And now you say I've gone insane Some bad ideas got in my brain You say it was a bird or plane But let me tell you something, Jane There's more to life than meets the eye Way off beyond the earth and sky Should I have called the FBI? Or would they think it was a lie? And if I saw a spaceship, could I hitch a ride? Would it take me all the way to the other side? 'Cause I can't get off this planet, and Lord knows that I've tried... I've tried – I’ve tried to get to the other side I think that I shall never see A light so lovely or so free I wonder, will it ever be Sitting here right next to me? It's an illusion, so you say There’s no such thing anyway But I saw it just as clear as day And I don't think I want to stay And if I climbed aboard a spaceship, would you let me go? Could it be there's still a few things that you still don't know? Cause I'm jumping off this planet, and I just wanted to say "so long"… so long... so long... ..and that's the end of this song
