Surf And/Or Die-Walter Becker

[ti:Surf And/Or Die] [ar:Walter Becker] [al:11 Tracks Of Whack] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Surf And/Or Die - Walter Becker [00:16.39]Earthbound to Johnny boy just picked up your message [00:20.99]'Bout those Balinese ikats you thought I might buy [00:25.08] [00:25.98]Now your voice on my machine [00:28.12]Is more alive than what you are [00:30.67] [00:31.24]Since your daredevil hang glider fell out of the sky [00:35.47] [00:36.01]Now Armand's looked all over but [00:38.05]He can't find your car keys [00:40.67]Were they under the tire Were they under the seat [00:45.70]Because as it stands now your beloved white Aires [00:50.05]Is fair game for the vandals up on Makapuu Street [00:54.46] [00:55.04]And your grandmother's number we know it's here somewhere [01:00.25]But Suze can't seem to find it now she's losing control [01:04.55]And so what about her and little Eldon and Layla [01:09.61]And that hypothetical spectre your gilt edged soul [01:14.50]Which defied many perils in the face of all reason [01:18.58] [01:19.20]And in so many settings [01:20.94]And for all your young years [01:23.48] [01:24.23]Insisting on pure freedom for it's too short season [01:28.14] [01:28.69]Riding high on it's ration of enchantment and fear [01:33.27]Over the hill and into the next [01:36.92]Meadow and on and on and on [01:41.89] [02:12.21]In a near random universe there [02:13.98]Are still certain combinations [02:16.87]Picked out from all other possible ones [02:20.85] [02:21.40]Which when given some time and [02:23.64]The just right circumstances [02:26.55]Not too far from the earth or too close to the sun [02:31.10]They will dance and they'll spin [02:33.02]In the embrace of the trade winds [02:36.07]Playing havoc with the hearts [02:37.60]And the upturned faces down below [02:40.81]Until the laws of curved spacetime [02:43.21]Susponed without warning [02:45.49]Kick back in with a vengeance [02:47.30]For the last act of the show [02:50.46]Going too far too fast in that final wing over [02:55.10]As your glider comes tumbling out of the clouds [02:59.45] [03:00.01]And you clutch at your chest but the chute never opens [03:04.07] [03:04.96]And they find you there tangled in that white nylon shroud [03:09.43] [03:10.20]When we get Grandma's number I think I'll just say to her [03:13.55] [03:14.13]Your Johnny's home for Christmas it was a hell of a ride [03:19.16]And I know that some day you'll [03:20.91]Be showing me those blankets [03:23.38] [03:23.88]All covered in glory on the hereafter side saying [03:28.37] [03:28.96]There was never any question [03:30.68] [03:31.27]It was always all or nothing [03:33.80]Surf andor die