Great job of making lemonade out of lemons
Same thing happened to my Scheerhorn flying in one of those high priced Calton flight cases on DELTA. Same exact everything, ‘cept I didn’t write this great song!!! The chorus is going to be running through my head all day now. I Love it!
Check out the CNN report on this – – United actually did something positive with this video from these creative guys – – instead of getting mad, they use the video in their training sessions. Ah, gotta love the power of music!
keep ’em comin’
Thank you Republic Airlines
by Tom Paxton
Flying through the Michigan skies
with a song in my innocent heart
I placed myself in professional hands
Masters of the traveler’s art
When I opened my guitar case
at the end of a beautiful flight
I’m sure you can imagine my feelings
as I beheld this beautiful sight
Thank you Republic Airlines
for breaking the neck on my guitar
I arrived to do a concert with the Kingston Trio
opened my guitar case with a smile “con grio”
Thank you Republic Airlines
What a joy to a musician you are
What a zest you’ve added to pedestrian skies
It was boring to be flying where the wild goose flies
But the tedium was broken by your wonderful surprise
when you broke the neck on my guitar
Thank you Republic Airlines
for treating my instrument with care
There can be no greater happiness for a musician
than to find his instrument in this condition
Uh-oh, Republic Airlines
in the firmament of travel, you’re a star
for you treat each piece of baggage like a child of your own
When you come across an instrument, it’s dropped like a stone
May you waken every morning with a new broken bone
like you broke the neck on my guitar
Now I’ve been traveling most of my life
and the thrill is a long time gone
and the sight of another DC 10
just fails to turn me on
But I feel my heart start pounding
when I get to the baggage claim
and when I see how you handled my instrument
the thrill is still the same
Thank you Republic Airlines
for splintering the neck on my guitar
My guitar case was so strong that nothing could go through it
Way to go Republic, only you could do it
Crash bang Republic Airlines
in the field of demolition, you’ll go far
for you took it as a challenge when I turned in my case
and you saw the fragile stickers glued all over the place
May a team of mad flamingo dancers do to your face
what you did to the neck on my guitar
There could no satisfaction greater than if
you should be the next to go the way of Braniff