John Allyn Smith Sails
Okkervil River"John Allyn Smith Sails" is a song by Okkervil River, released in 2007 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:21 long and contains 51 lines and 387 words.
Lyrics
0:02By the second dear friends
0:04My head will burst my life will end
0:06So I'd like to start this one off by saying
0:09Live and love
0:11I was young and at home in bed
0:14And I was hanging on the words some poem said
0:16And thirty-one
0:16I was impressionable
0:18I was upsettable
0:26I tried to make my breathing stop my heart beat slow
0:36So when my mom and John came in I would be cold
0:47From a on Washington Avenue the year of 1972
0:51Broke my bones and skull and it was memorable
0:57It was half a second and I was halfway down
1:00Do you think I wanted to turn back around and teach a class
1:03Where you kiss the a** that I've exposed to you
1:12And at the funeral the University
1:22Cried at three poems they'd present in place of a broken me
1:32I was breaking in a case of suds
1:35At the brass rail a fall-down drunk with his tongue torn out and his balls removed
1:42And I knew that my last lines were gone while stupidly I lingered on
1:46Other wise men know when it's time to go
1:52And so I should too
1:57And so I fly into the brightest winter sun
2:07Of this frozen town I'm stripped down to move on
2:15My friends I'm gone
2:28Well I hear my father fall
2:34And I hear my mother call
2:39And I hear the others all whispering Come home
2:47I'm sorry to go
2:52I loved you all so
2:59But this is the worst trip I've ever been on
3:10So hoist up the John B sail
3:13（Hoist up the John B sail）
3:15See how the main sail sets
3:17（See how the main sail sets）
3:20I've folded my heart in my head and I wanna go home
3:27With a book in my hand
3:32In the way I had planned
3:38Well this is the worst trip I've ever been on
3:48Hoist up the John B sail
3:51（Hoist up the John B sail）
3:54See how the main sail sets
3:55（See how the main sail sets）
3:58I've folded my heart in my head and I wanna go home
4:05With a book in each hand
4:08（With a book in each hand）
4:10In the way I had planned
4:12（In the way I had planned）
4:16I feel so broke up
4:21I wanna go home
By the second dear friends My head will burst my life will end So I'd like to start this one off by saying Live and love I was young and at home in bed And I was hanging on the words some poem said And thirty-one I was impressionable I was upsettable I tried to make my breathing stop my heart beat slow So when my mom and John came in I would be cold From a on Washington Avenue the year of 1972 Broke my bones and skull and it was memorable It was half a second and I was halfway down Do you think I wanted to turn back around and teach a class Where you kiss the a** that I've exposed to you And at the funeral the University Cried at three poems they'd present in place of a broken me I was breaking in a case of suds At the brass rail a fall-down drunk with his tongue torn out and his balls removed And I knew that my last lines were gone while stupidly I lingered on Other wise men know when it's time to go And so I should too And so I fly into the brightest winter sun Of this frozen town I'm stripped down to move on My friends I'm gone Well I hear my father fall And I hear my mother call And I hear the others all whispering Come home I'm sorry to go I loved you all so But this is the worst trip I've ever been on So hoist up the John B sail （Hoist up the John B sail） See how the main sail sets （See how the main sail sets） I've folded my heart in my head and I wanna go home With a book in my hand In the way I had planned Well this is the worst trip I've ever been on Hoist up the John B sail （Hoist up the John B sail） See how the main sail sets （See how the main sail sets） I've folded my heart in my head and I wanna go home With a book in each hand （With a book in each hand） In the way I had planned （In the way I had planned） I feel so broke up I wanna go home
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