Barnstormer

BARNSTORMER
written by Doug Moreland, ASCAP (composer/author and publisher)

Riding on the skyline, ducking under a highline
A flying farmer plowing through the clouds
Barnstormin’s sure way to draw a crowd

Application of pesticides
Widely known as suicide
Insurance rates are sky high
Pushin’ him out so why try
The airshow circuit is hard to face
Gas hoggin’ plane and kids to raise
He’d land in a field after buzzin’ a town
Knocking out rides for a nickle a pound

Riding on the skyline, ducking under a highline
A flying farmer plowing through the clouds
Barnstormin’s sure way to draw a crowd

California is burning up
Can’t get to it with a fire truck
This ol’ cropduster says yer in luck
I’m a water-bomber in a flying dump truck
Boeing/Stearman model 75
Military surplus 1945
Won at a poker game with a lucky ace
Should’ve seen the look on the other guy's face

Riding on the skyline, ducking under a highline
A flying farmer plowing through the clouds
Barnstormin’s sure way to draw a crowd

Rules are rules for who's safety?
If he’s a fool then who’s crazy
He’s the armadillo of the county road
He'd fly to the bar then taxi home
Stories told of his last ride
Lost contact in the middle of the night
May have drowned in the ocean somewhere
He’s stubborn enough to just stay in the air

Riding on the skyline, ducking under a highline
A flying farmer plowing through the clouds
Barnstormin’s sure way to draw a crowd