The Pilot letra

It was early spring above Lyon
The lights like prayers all scattered and thrown
And whipping by your ears to something bigger

Past deadly aims from the Krauts' elite
The wife at home with a rosary
And a heavenly voice
A cross-hair to a trigger

Didn't know what he told those stories for
About the only blind pilot in the second great war
And when he'd reached then end
Well he'd say: That man was me

And he claimed that he was guided by
A Kamikaze man who never wanted to die
So he sought redemption
As a ghost in a righteous ear

Can you hear?
Can you hear?
Can you hear?
It's loud and clear

And I dare not speak of the hand of God
But he took more fire than a lightning rod
And escaped unscathed just ready-made for battle

And his fate was sealed
With the medals and fame
But at four o'clock lurked a foe untamed
And his comrade spoke
As the engine began to rattle
My friend you fly alone tonight
For I'm being called by a great white light
One that's far too pure for living eyes

But he claimed he saw that light as well
As clear as a gun and as sharp as a bell
And he crashed real soft in a field north of Bordeaux
Going home, going home, going home
Don't send me home

So he stumbled out
With his broken soul
And he broke his leg in a rabbit hole
That snuck up quick on idle eyes and a heavy heart

They found him there after three long days
A farmer was tending to a bale of hay
And the pilot cried, because he was afraid of the dark

Didn't know what he told those stories for
About the only blind pilot in the second great war
And when he'd reached then end
Well he'd say: That man was me

Can you hear?
Can you hear?
Can you hear?
It's loud and clear

Can you hear?
Can you hear?
Can you hear?
It's loud and clear

Lauren O'Connell - Letras

• 1988
• All I Have To Do Is Dream
• Atlantic City
• Bob Dylan's 49th Beard
• Build Yourself
• Bystander
• Chicken Wire
• Dancing In The Dark
• Desert Wind
• Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
• Every Space
• From Chambers, Slow
• Game Of Pricks
• Graceland
• Guilt
• Heart Of Gold
• House Of The Rising Sun
• Hungry Heart
• I Belong To You
• I Don't Mind
• I Don't Want To Get Over You
• I Fall To Pieces
• I Hear Them All
• I Only Want To Be With You
• I Think It's Going To Rain Today
• I Will Burn You Down
• I Would Rather Be Gone
• If Found / Gravity
• If I Needed You
• In On The Joke
• In The Next Room
• In the Trees
• It Wasn't You
• Knowing Her Name
• Kola
• Laminated Cat
• Less Festive Days
• Levers and Gears
• Little Maggie
• Lorraine
• Lost Cause
• Make Out In My Car
• Maybe True Stories
• Moon Hang Low
• Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
• O Death
• Oncoming Traffic
• Other People
• Our Town
• Out Of Focus
• Peacebone
• Radio War
• Reason To Believe
• Rest Easy
• Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
• Ruination Day, Pt. II
• Shimmering Silver
• Strange Currencies
• Superimposed
• Sweet Lament
• Tangled Up Kites
• That Thing You do
• The Daylight Here (Alternative Version)
• The Killing Moon
• The One I Love
• The One I Love Is Gone
• The Pilot
• The Same Things
• The Temptation Of Adam (Accidentally Short Version)
• The Way I Feel Inside
• Things Are Alright
• Things I Panic About
• Thirteen
• Unbelievers
• Under Control
• What Breaks (And What Doesn't)
• When I Decide
• Where Did Our Love Go
• White Noise