Flying Saucer Song
Harry Nilsson

Harry Nilsson - Flying Saucer Song Lyrics (ORIGINAL) from the Sandman album. Transcribed by Max R.

(horns, drums, funky guitar riffs and a waves of violin/cello strumming run throughout the song.)

1: Hey! what's happening? 1) Oblio?

2: Hey.. what's shaking? how's your old lady? 2) Arrow?

Oh she's fine, you know... a little hemorrhoidal problem now and then, but you know what i... [mumbles]

Oh so what's happenin'?

Ah nothin' much except um... I had a weird experience, the other night...

Is that right?

Yeah, you see um... I was walkin' along, you know, minding my own...

Yeah

I looked off to my right, an' I, saw this strange light.

A light?

That's Right.... So anyway what happened, it got me thinkin' about this poem I read once.

A Poem huh?

Yeah, a poem. It's' like...

Late last night in search of light.

I watched a ball of fi

..You don't mind if I do this for ya do ya man?

Hey hey, no man I was only puttin' you on it's your record, you know what I mean? Carry on, do whatever you want...

Well ALRIGHT;

Late last night!

in search of light!

I watched a ball of fire streak across the midnight sky!

I watched it glow then grow

then shrink then sink into silhouette of morning,

as I watched it die..

You know what I said to myself I said Hey.

I got a lot in common with that light

2: That's right

1: Ya see;

I'm alive!

With a fire, my life,

it streaks across my span of time,

and is seen by those who lift their eyes,

in search of light,

to help them,

Through the LONG!

DARK!

NIGHT!

Hey you know that's alright, hehe

Well thanks man, it's just a poem I learned a long time ago

It's still alright, but tell me somethin'. What happened?

Well you see... That wasn't the funny thing that happened to me, you see, the funny thing that happened to me was that.. Well it got me thinking about this man I met a few years back, in this bar sorta, and he uh.... Well he told me a sort of a strange uh... you know, flying saucer story.

Flying Saucers huh?

Yeah, ya see, one night he was walking' along mindin' his own, and looked off to his right and he saw this strange light too.

A light right?

Right.

So anyway, he started off to investigate this light off to his right, right?

Right.

Got about half way across this field and... realized what he was doing, you know? I mean, I mean after all there he was in the middle of a field in the middle of the night investigating this weird light off to the right, right?

Right. So what happened?

Well, to make a long story shor...uh, you know. Shorter, he split.

Yo mean he split?

Yeah! You know... Just um {JESUS}...

All right so what happened with you?

Well, I got to thinking of this guy in the story, the poem and everything you know?

Yeah

Well, so I split too, you understand?

You split...

Yeah I Split

Split.

Split! S-P-L-I-T, Split!

Shit. Well I got to split now myself see, uh (chuckles) listen I hope your wife and your whatchamacallits get better real fast, and all that..

Hey wait! wait a minute wai.. way...

Wait a minute for what man? What do think you're doin'? You turning in to crusades or something? That's the dumbest story I ever heard in my Life.

Whachu mean? Listen I'm tellin' you the truth!

That's nice, you know, but uh.. you ever hear the one about the guy with a wooden eye?

Hey now don't do that to me man I mean... well let me put it this way.

Listen, shit. You know somethin'? You're CRAZY. You know that?

Wha... hey.. don't you call me crazy man... {Background screaming; I love you} Let me ask you somethin', what would you have done man?

Well to begin with I wouldn't have told this story, you understand?

That's easy for you to say but it happened to me, you know what I mean?

Hey listen man don't be some asshole, you trying' to pull my...

Hey you calling' ME and ASSHOLE?

No I'm just sayin' you're an ASSHOLE, you're sayi')

3: BARTENDER: Hey you guy.. Alright alright alright, let's clean up this language, clean it up, come on. Either you clean up this language or get out of this place.

1: Hey man.. man called me an ASSHOLE!

3: BARTENDER: Alright that's enough of those words! Now either ya talk clean or ya get outta here!

2: I'm still sayin' ah... it's not me, it's just that you ARE and ASSHOLE, understand? (background screaming: I want. I need, I love you!)

1: Hey you know somethin?, you know what's gonna happen to ya

2: Hey listen don't raise that glass. Understand?

1: Hey... you know what I could do to you if I wanted t.... Hey.. you don't make me angry or nuthin'

2: yeah

1:I'm just tryin' to talk to you, you asked me, said 'how'm I doin' I said okay, you ask me how my lady was I told ya, said what's new. I'm tellin' ya about this story about what happened to me the other night! I was REALLY walking' along, I REALLY looked off to my right, I REALLY DID see a LIGHT off in the middle of the night off to my right. I REALLY did tell you EVERYTHING and THAT'S RIGHT! You Understand?!

Alright, all right, alright, all right I gotta go now.

GOD DAMNIT MAN! What are you doin' to me man, you're making me look like a fool!

2: Oh that's easy man all you have to do is look in your own MIRROR...

1: Aye man!

3: BARTENDER: Watch your language.

1: Aye man, Didn't you hear me singin' a while ago?

3: BARTENDER: Hey let me ask you guys somethin', are you a group or anything?

1: Group?

3: Bartender: Well I heard you ya singin' before, I I thought maybe ya's a group, you know?

1: Hey.. Hey why don't you just get paid? You serve the drinks, you know, you wipe them glasses leave us alone. Hey you know what? Let's go to some other bar.

2: Well alright.

(Background Screams: LOVE!)

(FADES OUT)


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