VP P-3 Orion Barbers Point memories. A welcome sight to those men and women I served with in the U.S. Navy...over 20 years tracking these carriers of nuclear missiles during the Cold War. This one is being dismantled. In the song BEYOND THE RUNWAY REEF I wrote: Its an early morning preflight for the bird out on the ramp Smell the new coffee brew as the Ready One crew Gather round the smoking lamp When the phone tree rang this morning From the top down thru its roots They all slipped outta bed into zipum up suits And stood up proud in their boots But not until they reached the hangar Did they finally find their heads And their faces wore expressions That they shouldve left in bed Their eyes as wide as saucers Still locked in disbelief... In an hours time theyll be off and flying beyond the runway reef... No hunt for baby boomers, no red October here Theyll be searching for a neon rainbow Named after every month of the year... So when the Januaryfebruarymarchaprilmayjunejuly- augustseptemberoctobernovemberdecember Comes cruising by Shes bigger than a sailor can imagine Shes a sight beyond belief We gotta ping her down in the water world Beyond the runway reef... Its a ping pong game in the water world Beyond the runway reeeeeeeeeef... gordonfreitas
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 20:55:07 +0000
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