For my father.


Summertime, June twenty-one
Rising at the crack of dawn
Homework done, father son
Going for a morning drive
What a day to be alive
The day we saw a rocket ship come flying through the sky

And we have always shared times like this and more
And I still go there in my mind
The day we saw that rocket ship come flying through the sky

They left the moon when I was born
Did you know then that you were the moon to me?
High above and smiling down
Old and wise and gentle eyes
I repaid the smallest slice
The day we saw the rocket ship come shining through the sky

And now that I have flown to a place that we once read about
Your favorite son can see your light
Coming round our roundabout
Remembering our talks each night
Before we saw a rocket flight ascending out of sight

The aeroplane was true and strong
Carrying the spaceship on
Just like you once raised me, John
Now it flies all on its own
And this is what it meant to me
The day we saw the rocket plane come soar above Mojave

White Knight and SpaceShip One
A father and a son
Two in awe and two up high
The day, oh dad, our rocket ship came flying through the sky

Rocket Ship

I'm a singer-songwriter with influences from Paul Simon to Neil Young and more.

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