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Not About To Fly

from All The Time in Heaven by Norman Lamont

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Reminiscences of growing up in Ayr, Scotland. Like all reminiscences, some of it is true.

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When I was a spy
I stuffed wires into a jamjar
Left it buried by the riverbank
Where it’s transmitting still

And this little stretch of road
My dad told me was electric
You could switch your engine off and
You would roll right up the hill

And somewhere in the garden there's a
Circle on the grass and all the
Blackbirds skirt around it like they
See something inside

And the clouds are moving slowly like they've
All the time in heaven and they
Don't care when they make it to
The far side of the sky

But I’m here
I'm not about to fly
Not about to fly
To the far side of the sky


I found a twisted lump of metal
From a real flying saucer
In the silence of my bedroom I could
Hear its humming voice

And sometimes in the night when I would
Hold my breath for hours
I would hear it pulsing through my head
Electric and alive

And a shaft of golden sunlight
Bit into the dusty classroom
It dawned on me that I was me
Not everybody else


And the clouds are moving quickly like they're
Fleeing from disasters that are
Just below the skyline and it's getting dark and cold
And I'm here
I'm not about to fly
Not about to fly
To the far side of the sky

And I met a man in China who
Could jump a wall from standing and
He told me he would teach me but
The moon told him to stop

And a Glasgow engineer was falling
Headlong from a building when
He flipped his body over and
He landed like a cat

And all the gold in Africa
Was buried by the pirates
In a little hill in Ayrshire
Where they play the drums all night


And the clouds are closing in as if
They're searching for somebody and
They'll form a circle round him and
They'll spin him to the sky
And I'm here
I'm not about to fly
Not about to fly
To the far side of the sky

credits

from All The Time in Heaven, released February 17, 2014
Norman Lamont: guitars, bass, drum programming, synth, mandolin, jews-harp
James Whyte: banjo
Mary Robbs: violin
James and Mary: backing vocals
Daniel Davis: producer

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Norman Lamont Edinburgh, UK

Norman Lamont has been delighting audiences on the Edinburgh songwriter scene since 1990. His trademarks are the diversity of his musical styles, emotionally honest lyrics and a droll sense of humour.

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