jesse was a helicopter pilot from the bay
ever since he was little he thought his father lay in the grave
but if he'd only looked into the eyes of that man on the tv screen
a nearly perfect reflection's what his eyes would have seen
[chorus]
now jesse
fly
fly fly away
jesse got a letter on the day his mother died
spilling open the contents, he gasped with great surprise
a treasure map, drawn in blood, his grandpa's only legacy
he found it in a bottle sailing all the seven seas
[chorus] x 2
jesse flew day and night over waters never sailed
passing over the wreckage of the many ships that failed
as fog rolled in and skies turned black, never knowing left from right
fate had it in for him, this would be jesse's final flight
[chorus] x 2
four days later, at eight o'clock the news came on the screen
an old man with sombre news of someone he'd never seen
fell from the skies, and crashed offshore, he had died at twenty three
his only son he'd never met, and now will never see
