TAKE OFF TIME
(Autry Inman)

Claude Gray - 1969
Don Walser - 1999


I can't wait till the sun to go down
Get myself headed into town
I'm a-gonna Schlitz and Bud and Bush
Till I get high

I've had enough of reality
Lookin' for a world of fantasy
I got a plan to get a brew in my hand
'Cause it's take off time

The rent's past due and the landlord said
I got till two to pay the 'lectric bill
I got me on my knees, beggin' please
But tonight I fly

My Wife's sat home waitin' for my check
When I don't show, she's a-gonna raise heck
But I got a flash, I'm a-gettin' the cash
Tonight's take off time

I'm a-gonna climb to dizzying heights
I'm a-gonna shine like the neon lights
I'm a-gonna sing and dance and drink
And blow my mind

When I get through, I'll be in a mess
But I'll tell you, I couldn't care less
'Cause even so when I get this low
It's take off time

(Instrumental Break)

Some folks fly TWA
But I know a whole lot better way
The comin' down's rough, the hangover's tough
But I like the climb

I never had a pill and I never will
But the kick is the same when you learn to kill
You're troubles and blues, with a couple of brews
'Cause that's take off time

I'm a-gonna climb to dizzying heights
I'm a-gonna shine like the neon lights
I'm a-gonna sing and dance and drink
And blow my mind

When I get through I'll be in a mess
But I'll tell you, I couldn't care less
'Cause even so when I get this low
It's take off time


(Transcribed by Monique Adriaansen & Mel Priddle - January 2006)