We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

about

An Ode to My Childhood Heroes and My Schwinn Stingray

lyrics

It's Saturday morning I jump out of bed and my clothes are laid-out like a Fireman's
I bust-out the door, blast-off on my Schwinn and I ride like the wind

With those Marlboro boys with fake Pendleton shirts and their painter hats backwards, little Brad Lackeys would fly, oh we'd fly.

And we'd sail off of ramps made of earth and of plywood we stole from our father's garages.
And we'd risk life and limb on a whim we'd be soldiers and ducking the dirt-clod barrages

With those Marlboro boys with fake Pendleton shirts and we'd curse like the sons of longshoremen and Foreman was beat by "The Greatest" but he made us reach for the sky and

I want to Fly

Off of the edge, our handlebars back, we abandoned our childhood and left only tracks and we lived and we died for a two second flight in the air, in the air

Now it's thirty years later, I roll out of bed, I crack and I creak like a rocking chair
From all of those bumps and the spills and the thrills of a two second flight in the air

With those Marlboro boys with fake Pendleton shirts and the skirts that we chased in our haste that got us nowhere, We worshiped the gods of incredible feats like Knievel, Decoster and all their imposters.
And Neil rode a rocket and stepped on the moon and too soon we were grown and longshoremen and Foreman got dropped by "The Greatest" but they made us reach for the sky and still

I Want to Fly

credits

released April 16, 2012
John Patrick Gannon: Lead vocal, Acoustic Guitar and Drums
Jardine Wilson II: Upright and Electric Bass
Joshua Halpern: Lead Guitar and Keyboard
Kevin Fisher: Electric Guitar
Brent Michelle: Background Vocals
Paul McCarty: Background Vocals

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

John Patrick Gannon image

John Patrick Gannon Los Angeles, California

John Patrick Gannon is a Los Angeles based singer/songwriter.


"His story- driven songs are built on his unique observations of the world and then delivered with the passion, poetry and sincerity of a troubadour...but I still call him Punkin' " - John's Mom

"John was groovin' and grinning the whole time...it was like watching a dog chew on a bone in the sun." - Jonathan Sorensen Songster/Blogger ... more

contact / help

Contact John Patrick Gannon

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like John Patrick Gannon, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Beans joins the show to discuss his album release, "ZWAARD".

listen now