Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Burton Cummings
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Burton Cummings
Songwriter
Kurt Winter
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Burton Cummings
Producer
Lyrics
Above the Ground
Been changin' my flight for a week now
Not a chance of gettin' off the ground
And I mighta lost some o' my marbles
So I'm checkin' with the lost and found
I'm only tryna stay ahead of danger
And the tickin' of the thin red hand
But in a half a second I got older
It's gettin' harder now to understand
Wo woh time keep runnin'
Gettin' my stopwatch wound…
Wo woh moon or sunnin'
Day and night'll both be day… day and night'll both be…
Keepin' me above the ground.
Been wakin' up with my nose in the eggs now
And I suppose that I could use a shower
But I'll never turn the other cheek now
I guess the "tude" is gettin' dark and sour
I gotta man-up to what I been thinkin'
It’s not a crime to wanna kick it alone…
But I have come to know what is a real crime
To mortify what you don't own
Wo woh, time keep runnin'
Gettin' my stopwatch wound…
Wo woh, moon or sunnin'
Day and night'll both be day… day and night'll both be…
Keepin' me above the ground.
Shoot for the ground and you know what you'll find
You'll get the ground every time…
Shoot for the moon while your thoughts stay sublime…
You'll get something in between
Been changin' my flight for a week now
Not a chance of gettin' off the ground
And I mighta lost some o' my marbles
So I'm checkin' with the lost and found
I'm only tryna stay ahead of danger
And the tickin' of the thin red hand
But in a half a second I got older
It's gettin' harder now to understand
Wo woh time keep runnin'
Gettin' my stopwatch wound
Wo woh moon or sunnin'
Day and night'll both be day
Day and night'll both be
Keepin' me above the ground.
Written by: Burton Cummings, Kurt Winter