Inspired by way too much time spent stuck in traffic on the 405 freeway
lyrics
I’ve been spending lots of time alone in my garage
Freaking out my girlfriend
Like I’m some kind of scientist gone mad in my mirage
You soon will comprehend
Where my mind has been
Turn down the radio to hear the song that’s in my head
Tune into elevation leave the freeway freaks for dead
The air could use conditioning forget your Ford my friend
Just strap this on and hey let’s go, I know, “ that’s what she said”
chorus
I got a Jet Pack
I built it somehow
I got a Jet Pack
Prepare to be wowed
I got a Jet Pack, so get back Jack, the future is now!
Now I’m spending all my time high above the Earth
Freaking out my girlfriend
Sure she knows what time it is and how much I’ll be worth
Until then just pretend
That I’ll see her face again
It all looks so peaceful from up here above the gloom
Stratospheric lane changes I know I’ve got the room
At last I’ve risen up above my 4 wheel metal tomb
No engines, horns or sirens blare above my sonic boom
(chorus)
There’s just too much traffic
And I need to be high
If I gotta spend one more minute on that 405
I know I’ll just die
According to The Jetsons I should have a flying car
That might impress my girlfriend
But I’m not waiting around no more - I’m circling the stars
In their Mercedes Benz
See you on David Letterman, cuz…
credits
from Cheat You Fair,
released September 23, 2011
Lyrics by Scott Silbor
Music by Cheat You Fair
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