Watching The Planes Go By

Album: not released on an album (1968)
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  • Look up in the sky
    There's a speck that's flying by
    Red lights and I don't know why
    Seems that I spend most of my time
    Watching the planes go by

    The windows open, the curtains blow
    'Round my room where the lights are low
    I stand in darkness and watch the stars
    Wondering just how far you are from me

    I'm out here
    You're somewhere
    Somewhere out there
    Too far from me

    And I want it to be
    Like it was when the summer was here
    Instead of just sitting here
    Watching the planes go by

    The street lamp look lonely
    I wonder, I wonder if it feels like me
    With no one to love him
    And no one to talk to
    When she's out there moving
    Without thinking 'bout me

    Come back, baby, come back
    Let me pray that one day
    That those planes in the sky
    Will be bringing you back home to me
    Back to me
    Oh, I feed you back home with me Writer/s: Bernard J.P. Taupin, Elton John
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 1

  • Van Jealous from UsaFrom a grainy reproduction of this song from a poor conditioned acetate.
    The lyrics I could make out so far are:


    WATCHING THE PLANES GO BY (E. John/B Taupin):
    ================================
    Look up in the sky,
    There's a speck(?) that's flying by.
    I Look up, and I don't know why,
    Seems that I spend most of my time,
    Watching The Planes Go By.

    The windows open and the curtains blow,
    Around my room where the lights are low.
    I've been in Bournemouth(?) and watched the stars,
    Wondering just how far away you are from me.

    I've been out of here. You're somewhere.
    Somewhere out there too far from me.
    And I want it to be, like it was,
    when the summer was here.
    Instead of just sitting here,
    Watching the planes go by.


    IMHO The demo for this is the best arranged, produced and performed of
    ALL of Elton's 67-69 Dick James Demos.
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