SPACESHIP
(Glenn Sutton)


Glenn Sutton - 1979



I was sittin' on the back porch at the end of the day
I'd just finished milkin' and puttin' up some hay
When I saw a flash of light come crashin' to the ground
It looked like a giant chicken egg and had a high pitched whizzin' sound

I ran out to where it landed, I was shakin' like a leaf
What I saw there in the pasture was just beyond belief
A solid silver spaceship painted red and blue and green
Just like the ones on the covers of a science fiction magazine

Then a little door swung open and a tiny little man
Came slidin' down a ladder with a ray gun in his hand
He picked up a little clod of dirt and placed it in a pouch
Then turned and said "Eeeooo" to me and that's when I passed out

Well, when I finally came to, it was just breakin' dawn
My ol' dog was lickin' me in the face and the spaceship, it was gone
I went to the house and called the Sheriff and the Highway Patrol
And they came and listened patiently to the story that I told

Then they asked a bunch of questions about the spaceship that I'd seen
And they searched the entire area, but they didn't find a thing
And the local doctor checked me and his nurse gave me a shot
And the Sheriff grinned and asked me if I'd ever smoked any pot

Well, that's when I knew they didn't believe a single word I'd said
And they've confined me to a rest home now and strapped me to the bed
'Cause the doctors think I'm crazy and my folks think I had a dream
But I don't give a damn what anybody says, I know I saw that thing!






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2011)