Six-string Rocketeer Lyrics

Six-string Rocketeer lyrics

Words and Music by Jesse Butterworth



Caught in the crossfire while the battle raged down the hall 

There were no bad guys, just a couple consenting adults 

I just had to get away, but I had no car to drive 

So my body stayed inside my room 

As I slipped into my mind 



CHORUS 

I'm going out where no one can find me 

Beyond this thickened air, where my spirit is free 

I'm blasting off with a strum of my six string 

Six String Rocketeer 

Well, my getaway car is this beat up guitar 

And I'm off, I'm off to that place 

Where I find my escape



Life as it happens is rarely the way that you planned 

Roll with the punches or you'll end up a mad, little man 

A broken home was not the place they intended this to end 

But the wounds were deep inside my soul

Let the healing begin 



REPEAT CHORUS



I step on board as commander in chief 

With Sgt. Pepper in military motif 

We walk this ship and I nod with a grin

At my friends Gordon Sumner and Mudslide Slim 

"Take me to the pilot," I demand 

And they lead me to in the Rocket Man

"Who's navigating?" I inquire 

As Julio swoops down by the schoolyard 

There my soul was as light as a feather

As the Piano Man had us all singing together 



REPEAT CHORUS



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