Well, the time has come for the final story of the evening. Let's listen in as inventor
Thomas Livingston prepares to set sail for adventure in a brand new flying machine!
Intro: C E Am F |x2
Verse:
[C]It was spring of 189[F]0
Thomas Li[Am]vingston had built a new m[G]achine
[C]And he planned to see the [F]world
Flying e[Am]verywhere to places yet uns[G]een
When the d[Am]ay to set sail finally arrived
He h[F]ugged his son and he kissed his wife
And s[C]et off on the journey through the sk[G]y
And the f[Am]irst few months went just as planned
The[F]y were leaving Rome for Amsterdam
When a pirate v[C]essel caught them by surpri[G]se
Pre-Chorus:
Well, p[Am]anic broke out
[E]On that ship
C[F]annons fired and b[C]ullets ripped
Though T[Am]homas stood firm
[E]In the fight,
He [F]feared he'd have to w[G]rite:
Chorus:
[C]"Dear Michelle, I won't be co[E]ming home
I'm dri[Am]fting out across the clouds
In[F]to the great unknown
[C]"There's no way I'll ever [E]make it back
It's v[Am]ast out here, and I have veered
So [F]very far off track
"Please look after Jim
And take good care of him
Oh, Michelle, I know you will raise him well
"I wish I could return
But now you'll have to learn
To carry on when your family man is gone"
As the pirates waged their war
Thomas tried to fight and counter their attacks
But the fiends had them outnumbered
And a gunman shot his first mate in the back
Well they picked off his men, one by one
There was nothing they could do, and there was nowhere to run
And it wouldn't be long 'til the scoundrels shot them all
Then with one final blast that shook the ship
Thomas Livingston's vessel took a critical hit
And down his mighty craft began to fall
And Thomas then thought of his miss
He couldn't let her know he went down like this
He wrote a letter to Michelle,
As down his airship fell:
"Dear Michelle, I won't be coming home
I'm drifting out across the clouds
Into the great unknown
"There's no way I'll ever make it back
It's vast out here, and I have veered
So very far off track
"Please look after Jim
And take good care of him
Oh Michelle, I know you will raise him well
"I wish I could return
But now you'll have to learn
To carry on when your family man is gone
"Please look after Jim
And take good care of him
Oh Michelle, I know you will raise him well
"I wish I could return
But now you'll have to learn
To carry on when your family man is gone"
Thomas Livingston prepares to set sail for adventure in a brand new flying machine!
Intro: C E Am F |x2
Verse:
[C]It was spring of 189[F]0
Thomas Li[Am]vingston had built a new m[G]achine
[C]And he planned to see the [F]world
Flying e[Am]verywhere to places yet uns[G]een
When the d[Am]ay to set sail finally arrived
He h[F]ugged his son and he kissed his wife
And s[C]et off on the journey through the sk[G]y
And the f[Am]irst few months went just as planned
The[F]y were leaving Rome for Amsterdam
When a pirate v[C]essel caught them by surpri[G]se
Pre-Chorus:
Well, p[Am]anic broke out
[E]On that ship
C[F]annons fired and b[C]ullets ripped
Though T[Am]homas stood firm
[E]In the fight,
He [F]feared he'd have to w[G]rite:
Chorus:
[C]"Dear Michelle, I won't be co[E]ming home
I'm dri[Am]fting out across the clouds
In[F]to the great unknown
[C]"There's no way I'll ever [E]make it back
It's v[Am]ast out here, and I have veered
So [F]very far off track
"Please look after Jim
And take good care of him
Oh, Michelle, I know you will raise him well
"I wish I could return
But now you'll have to learn
To carry on when your family man is gone"
As the pirates waged their war
Thomas tried to fight and counter their attacks
But the fiends had them outnumbered
And a gunman shot his first mate in the back
Well they picked off his men, one by one
There was nothing they could do, and there was nowhere to run
And it wouldn't be long 'til the scoundrels shot them all
Then with one final blast that shook the ship
Thomas Livingston's vessel took a critical hit
And down his mighty craft began to fall
And Thomas then thought of his miss
He couldn't let her know he went down like this
He wrote a letter to Michelle,
As down his airship fell:
"Dear Michelle, I won't be coming home
I'm drifting out across the clouds
Into the great unknown
"There's no way I'll ever make it back
It's vast out here, and I have veered
So very far off track
"Please look after Jim
And take good care of him
Oh Michelle, I know you will raise him well
"I wish I could return
But now you'll have to learn
To carry on when your family man is gone
"Please look after Jim
And take good care of him
Oh Michelle, I know you will raise him well
"I wish I could return
But now you'll have to learn
To carry on when your family man is gone"
