I May Write You from Jupiter
Recorded for The New CD at Listen Studios (La Grande, OR) with Anna Snook (fiddle), Matt Snook (banjo), Sharon Porter (standup bass).
Solo songwriter/guitarist.
Lyrics
[4/4, fast]
I MAY WRITE YOU FROM JUPITER
–J. Wrabek
[THE RAP: I wrote this for a friend of mind who was having a girlfriend problem, and wanted to let her down easy–and explaining that he was married didn't seem to be working. I did have an answer.]
1.
Well, the notice in the paper said sell off all your possessions
And join us in the mountains in a very special place,
So I sold the truck and trailer, and left a note on the ‘frigerator
Saying bye to the children ‘cause I'm headed off to space.
CHORUS
And I may write you from Jupiter
If they've got pen and paper;
You're never gonna see my face again;
I took this invitation to do a little exploration
And get light years away from you the only way I can.
2.
I'll be waitin' on the hilltop when the rocket makes a pit stop
To beam me up to Paradise in the interstellar blue;
The aliens've been buggin' me ‘bout leavin' this insanity
And most of what I'm gonna need to leave behind is you.
CHORUS
And I may write you from Jupiter
If they've got pen and paper;
You're never gonna see my face again;
I took this invitation to do a little exploration
And get light years away from you the only way I can.
3.
When the roll is called up yonder, find the spaceship, I'll be on her,
Wavin' from the window with a big ol' welcome sign;
I'll be passin' through the parsecs, livin' episodes of Star Trek,
Tellin' tales about ol' Mother Earth and the girl I left behind..
CHORUS
And I may write you from Jupiter
If they've got pen and paper;
You're never gonna see my face again;
I took this invitation to do a little exploration
And get light years away from you the only way I can.
REPEAT LAST LINE OF CHORUS & END
(C) 2005 J. Wrabek dba Outside Services Ltd. All the usual rights reserved just in case. No aliens were believed to be harmed in the writing of this song.
