Jimmy Buffett The Rocket That Grandpa Rode lyrics lyrics

The Rocket That Grandpa Rode Lyrics by Jimmy Buffett


There�s an old gypsy moth
Made of glue and cloth
That lands in a horse-filled field
An unusual event
For those palomino gents
Who just stare at their future revealed

Why oh why-oh
Did he fly out of Ohio?
Before we knew that genes held the code
But taking to wing is a haunting taunting thing
Just like that rocket grandpa rode

Yeah it was a rocket that grandpa rode
Sounds like bragging but it�s true
I�m not tryin� to bedtime you
Shot up into space
And he said �look out down below�
Gotta love that rocket that grandpa rode

And the kids turned to flying machines
With their arms opened wide like wings
But one solitary boy
Knows a plane is not a toy
I�m talkin� �bout the man on the moon
I still remember July �69
We all got to stay home from school
In stark black-and-white
We followed the flight and the whole world was in that capsule

Oh on the rocket that grandpa rode
Sounds like bragging but it�s true
I�m not tryin to bedtime you
Oh what a flight you better look out down below
Yeah, that�s the rocket that grandpa rode