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Artist: Michelle Shocked
Canonical path: /michelle-shocked/flight-of-fancy
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Flight of fancy
Read Flight of fancy lyrics by Michelle Shocked on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Flight of fancy
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I'm going down to the ocean shore
I'm gonna find me a giant white seagull
I'm gonna stick out my thumb and catch a ride to Portugal
Where the ladies all play castanets
The ladies play c-c-c-castanets
On my flight of fancy
Come along with me on my flight tonight
Flight of fancy
I'd really love the company
Then I'm gonna ride a hot air balloon
Painted yellow like an August moon
I'm gonna sail over Pakistan and land in Astrakhan
In a field of whirling dervishes
Whirling dervishes
And then I'm gonna ride a Jefferson Aeroplane
It's gonna take me back to '69
When this world was greener
And we thought the plane would never land
On this flight of fancy
Where the ladies all play castanets
In a field of whirling dervishes
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