Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967-John Mayer

[ti:Walt Grace's Submarine Test, J] [ar:John Mayer] [al:Born And Raised] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.12]Walt Grace's Submarine Test [00:49.23]Walt Grace desperately hating his whole place [00:53.72]Dreamed to discover a new space [00:56.72]And buried himself alive [01:00.46]Inside his basement [01:02.83]Tongue on the side of his face where [01:05.58]He's working away on displacement [01:08.64]And what it would take to survive [01:14.35]Cos when you're done with this world [01:20.22]You know the next is up to you [01:25.03]And his wife told his kids he was crazy [01:30.64]And his friends said he'd fail if he tried [01:36.63]But with a will to work hard [01:39.56]And a library card [01:42.75]He took a homemade [01:44.62]Fan-blade one-man submarine ride [02:01.22]That morning the sea was mad and I mean it [02:05.53]Waves as big as he'd seen it [02:08.59]Deep in his dreams at home [02:13.06]From dry land [02:14.62]He rolled it over to wet sand [02:17.68]Closed the hatch up with one hand [02:20.56]And peddled off alone [02:26.30]Cos when you're done with this world [02:32.01]You know the next is up to you [02:37.00]And for once in his life it was quiet [02:42.56]As he learned how to turn in the tide [02:48.55]And the sky was a flare [02:51.61]When he came up for air [02:54.85]In his homemade fan-blade [02:58.16]One-man submarine ride [03:55.21]One evening [03:56.64]When weeks had passed since his leaving [03:59.32]The call she'd planned on receiving [04:02.69]Finally made it home [04:06.56]She accepted [04:08.81]The news she'd never expected [04:11.74]The operator connected [04:14.30]A call from Tokyo [04:20.35]Cos when you're done with this world [04:26.04]You know the next is up to you [04:30.97]Now his friends [04:32.29]Bring him up when they're drinking [04:36.59]At the bar with his name on the side [04:42.52]And they smile when they can [04:45.51]As they speak of a man [04:48.82]Who took a homemade fan-blade [04:52.00]One-man submarine ride