Words & Music Richard Taylor
AKA / Ricky Nicewonder
Copywrite (c) Richard Taylor 2023
USE ONLY WITH PERMISSION

From the Ricky Nicewonder album,
"Under The Martian Sun"

TAKE OFF

LOOK AROUND, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,
NEED TO CIRCLE BACK AND HEAD FOR SOMEWHERE.
ALL WE DO IS SIT AROUND HERE DREAMING,
OF WILD ADVENTURES, AND ENDLESS FREEDOM.

CAN YOU HEAR THE OCEAN BLUE IS CALLIN",
TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
THEN MAYBE SOMEWHERE FAR BEYOND THE HORIZON,
WE'LL FIND OUR VERY OWN TROPICAL ISLAND.

I KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE NEVER GONNA LIVE FOREVER,
I KNOW, I KNOW WERE NEVER GROWING ANY YOUNGER,
TAKIN" SOME TIME FOR US FEELS SO RIGHT,
& I KNOW, WE GOTTA TAKE OFF TONIGHT.

WE'LL VISIT EVERY SINGLE SEVEN WONDER,
WALKABOUT WITH ALL THE NATIVES DOWN UNDER,
RIDE THROUGH MOUNTAINS ON A FAT BOY HARLEY,
THEN PARTY LIKE ANIMALS, ON A SAFARI.

I KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE NEVER GONNA LIVE FOREVER,
I KNOW, I KNOW WERE NEVER GROWING ANY YOUNGER,
TAKIN" SOME TIME FOR US FEELS SO RIGHT,
& I KNOW, WE GOTTA TAKE OFF TONIGHT.

WE GOTTA TAKE OFF, WE GOTTA TAKE OFF,
WE GOTTA TAKE OFF, LET'S TAKE OFF.

AIN'T IT TIME TO GO WHERE WE WANT TO GO,
AIN'T IT TIME TO SING, WEY-OH WEY-OH.
AIN'T IT TIME WE LIVE LIKE WE WANT TO LIVE
& GET AWAY FROM IT ALL,
YEAH TRADE THE PAST FOR A NEW TOMORROW......

I KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE NEVER GONNA LIVE FOREVER,
I KNOW, I KNOW WERE NEVER GROWING ANY YOUNGER,
TAKIN" SOME TIME FOR US FEELS SO RIGHT,
WELL I KNOW, WE GOTTA TAKE OFF TONIGHT,
SO HOLD ON TIGHT.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS OUT THERE,
AND WE'LL FIND OUR SOMEWHERE,
LETS PACK UP AND TAKE OFF TONIGHT.