A Letter To Michelle Chords

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Intro

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Verse

CIt was spring of 189F0

 Thomas LiAmvingston had built a new mGachine

CAnd he planned to see the Fworld

 Flying eAmverywhere to places yet unsGeen

 When the dAmay to set sail finally arrived

 He hFugged his son and he kissed his wife

 And sCet off on the journey through the skGy

 And the fAmirst few months went just as planned

 TheFy were leaving Rome for Amsterdam

 When a pirate vCessel caught them by surpriGse

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 Well, pAmanic broke out

EOn that ship

 CFannons fired and bCullets ripped

 Though TAmhomas stood firm

EIn the fight,

 He Ffeared he'd have to wGrite:

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C"Dear Michelle, I won't be coEming home

 I'm driAmfting out across the clouds

 InFto the great unknown

C"There's no way I'll ever Emake it back

 It's vAmast out here, and I have veered

 So Fvery far off track

"Please look after Jim

And take good care of him

Oh, Michelle, I know you will raise him well

"I wish I could return

But now you'll have to learn

To carry on when your family man is gone"

As the pirates waged their war

Thomas tried to fight and counter their attacks

But the fiends had them outnumbered

And a gunman shot his first mate in the back

Well they picked off his men, one by one

There was nothing they could do, and there was nowhere to run

And it wouldn't be long 'til the scoundrels shot them all

Then with one final blast that shook the ship

Thomas Livingston's vessel took a critical hit

And down his mighty craft began to fall

And Thomas then thought of his miss

He couldn't let her know he went down like this

He wrote a letter to Michelle,

As down his airship fell:

"Dear Michelle, I won't be coming home

I'm drifting out across the clouds

Into the great unknown

"There's no way I'll ever make it back

It's vast out here, and I have veered

So very far off track

"Please look after Jim

And take good care of him

Oh Michelle, I know you will raise him well

"I wish I could return

But now you'll have to learn

To carry on when your family man is gone

"Please look after Jim

And take good care of him

Oh Michelle, I know you will raise him well

"I wish I could return

But now you'll have to learn

To carry on when your family man is gone"