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Airplane Man

from The Longest Year by Chris Pureka

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Song commissioned for Phil Dorothy (1948 - 2021) for the celebration of his life and what he loved.

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- AIRPLANE MAN -

Song commissioned for Phil Dorothy (1948 - 2021) for the celebration of his life and what he loved.


Can you build me a Skyhawk* with the grace of a dove? Can you draw me a map without any lines? We are lonely strands twisted together dears, we are threads in an intricate design. People used to talk as a way of remembering. Just a few lonely pictures, mostly of holidays. But I’ve got a mind full of photographs. I have a mind full of elegant machines. Hey my friends, I always knew I’d be famous someday and now you’re all singing about me, I guess that’s famous enough. Hey my friends, don’t worry I’m on the horizon, ‘cause I’m not a deep sea diver, I’m an airplane man. Roll me back to the top and I’m just a curious boy. Fill my old wooden rowboat up with sand. One more time around the mulberry tree. One more sunset over Lake Michigan. Yeah, me and my old man, back in the balsa days….Cigar in his mouth, glue on my hands. Well, I’m not much different from that curious boy, yeah I have always been an airplane man. Hey my friends, I always knew I’d be famous someday, and now you’re all singing about me, I guess that’s famous enough. Hey my friends, don’t worry I’m on the horizon, ‘cause I’m not a deep sea diver, I’m an airplane man. Hey my friends, don’t worry I’m up in the sky, ‘cause I never was a railroad guy, I’m an airplane man. I’m an airplane man. Can you build me a skyhawk with the grace of a dove?

*Skyhawk referenced is a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, not a military plane.

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from The Longest Year, released December 3, 2021
Chris Pureka - acoustic guitar, electric guitars, bass, tambourine, vocals
Katie Sawicki - organ, backing vocals

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Chris Pureka Portland, Oregon

Singer-Songwriter based in Portland, OR.

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