Early Flight
Jefferson Airplane (1974)


RUNNIN' 'ROUND THIS WORLD
(Kantner/Balin)

We've been runnin' 'round this world too much, girl.
Tryin' not to see but now we're free of them.
I understand what I understood before,
But lovin' you has made me understand much more.

Is it the music in your heart I love so much?
Is it the rainbows of the smile I love to touch?
There are red flowers in each kiss upon your lips,
The nights I spend with you have been fantastic trips.

Well I've seen you in a thousand dreams many, many days.
Without your love around, I'm gonna lose my way and you'll lose yours.
You know what's happening you can't sleep or think now.
Shadows, they are liftin' off of you.
We can walk their love where we want to.

Well I've seen you in a thousand dreams many, many days.
Without your love around,
I'm gonna lose my way and you'll lose yours.
You know what's happening you can't sleep or think now.
Shadows, they are liftin' off of you.
We can walk their love where we want to.


Mexico
(Grace Slick)

Owsley and Charlie, twins of the trade,
Come to the Poet's Room
Talking about the problems of the leaf,
And yes, it'll be back soon

There used to be tons of gold and green
Comin' up here from Mexico
A donde esta la planta, mi amigo, del sol?
[The translation is: "Where is the plant, my friend, of the sun."

But Mexico is under the thumb
Of a man we call Richard
And he's come to call himself king
But he's a small-headed man
And he doesn't know a thing
About how to deal for you

How to deal for you
There are millions of you now
I mean it's not as if you were alone
There are brothers everywhere
Just waiting for a toke on that gold
And God knows how far it can go

But thanks Uncle Charlie
For your Mexican smoke
You're a legend Owsley
For your righteous dope

There were a half a million people on the lawn
And we sang to the faces in the dark
How long must that damn race
Wait for the jailer's time to end?
How long must the Panther race
Wait for the iron bars to bend?
And no no no no no nobody waits

transcribed by Diana Rae, Jeff Zahnen, and Orlando Santos


HAVE YOU SEEN THE SAUCERS?
(Paul Kantner)

HAVE YOU SEEN THE SAUCERS?
HAVE YOU SEEN THE SAUCERS?

DO YOU KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE
WHO ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY THAT WE CARE
FOR THE EARTH MOTHER

HAVE YOU SEEN THE SAUCERS?
HAVE YOU SEEN THE SAUCERS?

SEE THE LIGHTS IN YOUR WESTERN SKIES
(CALIFORNIA RAINBOW SKIES)
THE GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU ANOTHER MISSILE IS FLYING
HAVE YOU ANY IDEA WHY THEY'RE LYING TO YOU?
TO YOUR FACES, DID THEY TELL YOU?

OH, OH, HAVE YOU SEEN THE SAUCERS?

STAR CHILDREN ON THE BACKROAD TO SALVATION
CHILDREN OF THE FOREST AND CHILD OF THE WOODSTOCK NATION
YOU GOTTA CARE FOR THE NEEDS OF YOUR PLANET
CATCH THE DAWN THAT ONCE WAS THERE
FIRST BORN ATOMIC GENERATION
OPEN THE DOOR, DON'T YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR
COME ON AND JOIN US ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN


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