Written by Raymond Douglas Davies
Reinvented by Greg Brown

The world's spinning round like a looney balloon
Heading for a collision with Saturn and Mars
And we're narrowly missing the man in the moon,
Spinning out of control crashing into the stars.
Have we all lost our gravity, reason and sanity?
Is this the price that we pay?
Have we now lost our way on this looney balloon?

Drift away, just drift away.
It's so easy to just drift away.
Drift away, just drift away.
Drifting away on this looney balloon.

The air is running out, the computer's gone down.
The mechanic just panicked, he's nowhere to be found.
So automatic control is just spinning us round
No point screaming in space, you just can't hear a sound.
Now the pilot's gone mad, he just jumped overboard
With a lunatic smile on his face
And he laughed as he cut the umbilical chord
Now he's drifting forever in space.

Drift away, just drift away.
It's so easy to just drift away.
Drift away, just drift away
Drifting away on this looney balloon.
We're out of control on this looney balloon
Narrowly missing the planets and stars.
Even optimists say that it's all gloom and doom.
We've got to get somewhere or hit something soon.
First class and economy, we all played the game
For selfish profit and gain.
So together we'll all go insane on this looney balloon.

Drift away, hey, just drift away,
Drifting away on this looney balloon.
Drift away, hey, just drift away.
Drifting away on this looney balloon.
Drift away, hey,
Drift away. Drift away.

Loony Balloon**

  Pickleball Animals
Long Intro D, etc.

Verse
  
D
There’s a new thing, yeah it’s all the rage
G                                          F
A new wacky game that the humans play
      A                                   
The outfits and the drama have them enthralled
                   G                                             F
From what they understand, it’s called pickleball
D
Pickleball!

Percussion/drum roll

Verse
D
Let’s get on the court, wanna play that game
G                                          F
If they don’t get a chance, they’re gonna go insane
A
They just need to slip inside a human shell
                   G                                       F
No problem, Mr. Goat’s got the perfect spell
D
Pickleball!

Percussion/drum roll

Ballad
D                               F         Eb
Animals want to play Pickleball
                       C#
They’ve been practicing moves
                       E            D
They’ve been learning rules
D                                  F                Eb
All they need are your fingers and thumbs
           C#                                       E                  D
Gonna cast a spell and make you comfortably numb



Rap bridge
Third Shot Drop, Double Hit, Dink
Our Nasty Nelsons gonna leave you pink
And don’t you dare call us chicken
When we know you’re gonna 
Mess up and volley in the kitchen

Percussion/drum roll
Rock out
Instrumental

Verse
D
There goes a tweener—straight through your pride,
G                                          F
Better write your eulogy, there’s no place to hide
A
Cookies and falafels, hell no, not from us
                   G                                       F
Killer aces gonna leave your in the dust
D
Pickleball!

Ballad
D                    F         Eb
Animals are ready to ball
              C#
They strut and they flex
              E                D
Got that paddle and all
D                     F                Eb
This time, they’ve got the upper hand
      C#                                E             D
Gonna trap the humans in no man’s land

Verse
D
Animals, wanna play pickleball
G                                       F
Gonna reserve a court take on all of y’all
A
Humans, say namaste to your club
                   G                            F
Animals got next, it’s time to pony up
D
Pony Up!


Outtro

Pickleball Animals

This is what we could do for Kenny's Memorial.  Greg, Todd, Howard, Larry 

Pur'p'l Tur't'lz 5-12-25 Kenny's Memorial (Complete)

Runnin' For The Moon 7-12-25

Not Fade Away 7-12-25

Knockin' On Heaven's Door 7-12-25

Pam Bellew, Mike Mallers, Darrin Rath, Greg Brown

Pam - Speeches (Kenny's Memorial) 7-12-25

Darrin - Speeches (Kenny's Memorial) 7-12-25

Greg The Speeches (Kenny's Memorial) 7-12-25

Mike - Speeches (Kenny's Memorial) 7-12-25

Farther Along - Teresa Yates (Kenny's Memorial) 7-12-25

This is home to the music of Greg Brown; The Village Green and to the Pur'p'l Tur't'lz Archive.  This is the place to hear the Music/Bands of Greg Brown and Stephen Bryant's original and covered music.  Live and in the STUDiO. 33,600 plays in 2024 and 108,000  in total.  2,100+ tracks so far...  

An Archive.  Old and New.  A Treasure Trove.  A Vault.  Enjoy!

This is the home of the Pur'p'l Tur't'lz Archives (free to listen and to download).  You're Welcome! *Steve passed in 2018.  Much of Steve's spirit is preserved in this archive.  His writing/rambling is on every song/show he uploaded.  He lives on through this archive.  In the cloud; as his mother would describe it.

Greg Brown - Keyboard, Guitar, Bass, Vocals and Production.  https://www.facebook.com/greg.brown.888

Stephen Bryant (RIP) - Bass, Vocals, Music Production https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004250059050&fref=ts

Loony Balloon**

Greg Brown (Santa Cruz)

Related tracks