747

by Bill Callahan

From the album: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest

Track 7 of 20 on Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (2019).

Duration: 3:26

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Lyrics for 747

Is it going? I woke up on a 747 Flying through some stock footage of heaven This is the light right here Before clouds bittersweet and with suggestion This is the light Bald and bold as baby crawling toward adulteration There was blood when you were born And the blood was white from your eyes This must be the light you saw That just left you screaming And this must be the light you saw Before our eyes could disguise true meaning And this must be the light you saw Just as you were leaving Leaving We walked on the moon Like flies on a mule We walked on the moon Flaws in a jewel We are flies on a mule And we're good at what we do We turn darkness into morning We turn belief into evening Yeah, we turn darkness into morning And we turn belief into evening

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  2. Black Dog on the Beach
  3. Angela
  4. The Ballad of the Hulk
  5. Writing
  6. Morning is My Godmother
  7. 747
  8. Watch Me Get Married
  9. Young Icarus
  10. Released
  11. What Comes After Certainty
  12. Confederate Jasmine
  13. Call Me Anything
  14. Son of the Sea
  15. Camels
  16. Circles
  17. When We Let Go
  18. Lonesome Valley
  19. Tugboats and Tumbleweeds
  20. The Beast