Catch A Falling Starfighter - Robert Calvert

Catch a falling starfighter

Put it in the pocket of your jeans

You can use it as a cigarette lighter

Or as an opener for a can of beans

Catch a falling starfighter

Shine it up and wear it on a chain

You will find that it will be much brighter

If you empty out its cockpit down the drain

If you empty out its cockpit down the drain

I focused the magnifying glass

That brought the downfall of Icarus

Balloons were easy;

a simple pin;

Or a knife in the case of the zeppelin

That blade was the cause of many a prang

In the early days of stick and string

I am the gremlin

I was there

Making mischief in the air

And always will be wherever man

Flies in the face of Creation’s plan