If You See Me Getting Smaller, I'm Leaving

Album: El Mirage (1977)
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  • Willie, you're my constant companion
    You know the light and shade
    We have spent a million dollars
    To find out what we made
    We have made the maidens marvel
    At the things we do and say
    Down, down and out, brother
    Up, up and away

    If you see me gettin' smaller, I'm leavin' (leavin', I'm leavin')
    Don't be grievin' (don't be grievin')
    Just gotta get away from here
    If you see me gettin' smaller, don't worry (please, don't worry)
    I'm in no hurry (no hurry)
    I got a right to disappear

    God bless Philadelphia
    They were standin' in the rain
    Out in front of the Main Point
    A wet and lonely train
    Who knows who they came to see?
    A madman full of beer
    A four-piece band and a charter bus
    My borderline career

    If you see me gettin' smaller, I'm leavin' (leavin', I'm leavin')
    Don't be grievin' (don't be grievin')
    Just gotta get away from here
    If you see me gettin' smaller, don't worry (please, don't worry)
    I'm in no hurry (no hurry)
    I got a right to disappear

    I've got a right to disappear
    I'll need to fade away
    I've got a right to disappear
    I'll need to fade away
    I've got a right to disappear
    I'll need to fade away
    I've got a right to disappear
    I'll need to fade away
    I've got a right to disappear
    I'll need to fade away
    I've got a right to disappear
    I'll need to fade away
    I've got a right to disappear Writer/s: Jimmy Webb
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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  • Mike from Midhurst, United KingdomThis is a great song. Webb had an idea that he wanted the "whoosh" of a sailplane (glider) so he and producer George Martin set up microphones all down the runway at El Mirage where Webb played with his sailplanes. Sure enough he flew all the way down the runway and the selfsame "whoosh" was recorded and can be heard towards the end of this song.
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