Big Jet Plane - Tuka, Sarah Corry

I grew up at the end of a long dirt road

No street lights, just a couple trees

You could probably see the wallabies

Bounding around in their brown fur coats

Most days walked the whole way home

With a jig in my step, nothing but the air in my lungs

Feeling my breath, singing my songs that I wrote in my head

Every now and then when I look up at the sky

I can see a kookaburra fly, I begin to daydream

Think about my wingspan, chase the sun around the globe

So everywhere I go it’s summertime

I wonder why people get stuck in the same place?

Probably thinking ‘bout what they say

Ah, fuck it, take a bite of humble pie

Don’t you worry 'bout what they think, hey

Gonna take you for a ride on a big jet plane

Gonna take you for a ride on a big jet plane

Hey, hey

Hey, hey

Hey, hey

You grew up in the land of the red dirt

Where the yellow sand meets the fresh surf

Where the black history can respect earth

But the politicians only think about its net worth

From East Sydney to West Perth

Top End down to Cape Bay

You put the leg work in but you get burnt out

That’s why you sink piss every payday

Hey, have you ever gone away?

Do you ever think about a holiday?

Are you in the business of making money?

If you haven’t got a dollar then I guess you’ve gotta wait

Wait, maybe we can win the lottery?

Get high by the beach, a Lana Del Rey

Baby, you could follow my lead, get

Fly like a kite in the breeze and yo

Gonna take you for a ride on a big jet plane

Hey, hey

Gonna take you for a ride on a big jet plane

Hey, hey

Gonna take you for a ride on a big jet plane

Everywhere I go, hey, hey

Gonna take you for a ride on a big jet plane

Everywhere I go, whoa, hey, hey

I met a lover, down by the river

Ohhh, she said:

«Hey mister, it’s nice to meet you»

Ohhh

Can I hold ya, and hold you tighter?

I took a seat up, she said, «Pleased to meet ya

You can be my mister,» so I kissed her

And can I take ya, and take you higher?

Not used to the needle of time

We didn’t even need a reason to smile

Hey, hey

Gonna take you for a ride on a big jet plane

Hey, hey

Gonna take you for a ride on a big jet plane

Hey, hey

Gonna take you for a ride on a big jet plane

Everywhere I go, hey, hey

Gonna take you for a ride on a big jet plane

Everywhere I go, whoa, hey, hey