Airplanes

Album: B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray (2010)
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  • Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin' stars
    I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now
    Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin' stars
    I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now

    Yeah, I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
    To go back to a place much simpler than this
    'Cause after all the partyin' and smashin' and crashin'
    And all the glitz and glam and the fashion
    And all the pandemonium and all the madness
    There comes a time where you fade to the blackness
    And when you're starin' at the phone in your lap
    And you hopin' but them people never call you back
    But that's just how the story unfolds
    You get another hand soon after you fold
    And when your plans unravel in the sand
    What would you wish for, if you had one chance?
    So airplane, airplane sorry I'm late
    I'm on my way so don't close that gate
    If I don't make that, then I'll switch my flight
    And I'll be right back at it by the end of the night

    Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin' stars
    I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now
    Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin' stars
    I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now

    Yeah, yeah, somebody take me back to the days
    Before this was a job, before I got paid
    Before it ever mattered what I had in my bank
    Yeah, back when I was tryna get a tip at Subway
    And back then I was rappin' for the hell of it
    But nowadays we rappin' to stay relevant
    I'm guessin' that if we can make some wishes out of airplanes
    Then maybe, oh maybe, I'll go back to the days
    Before the politics that we call the rap game
    And back when ain't nobody listened to my mixtape
    And back before when I tried to cover up my slang
    But this is for Decatur, what's up Bobby Ray?
    So can I get a wish to end the politics?
    And get back to the music that started this shit
    So here I stand and then again I say
    I'm hoping we can make some wishes out of airplanes

    Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin' stars
    I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now
    Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin' stars
    I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now

    I could really use a wish right now
    I, I, I could really use a wish right now
    Like, like, like shootin' stars
    I, I, I could, I could really use a wish right now
    A wish, a wish right now Writer/s: Alexander Junior Grant, Bobby Ray Simmons, Christine Dominguez, Jeremy Dussolliet, Justin Franks, Timothy Sommers
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Chantelle from Nottinghamshire, United KingdomHayley Williams is awesome =)
  • Jessica from Rockaway, Njthis song makes me feel good and open
  • Ivy from Springfield, NeYuck, bad cover. When this started, I thought it was the real version, and I was all, WOW HAYLEY WILLIAMS VOICE IS LOWER THAN I THOUGHT!!!! but no lol. this cover=2/10 real song=6/10
  • Nicole from Renton, WaThis is my favorite song right now. I love it so much! The chorus is my favorite part. And to be honest I, myself, could really use a wish right now...
  • Leela from Gaithersburg, MdThis is probably one of my favorite songs out right now :)

    Actually Tim'One Love'Sommers graduated from my hs
    XD
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