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"Calling Alameda"

by WORDS

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Dedicated to the memory of David Thomas Jones.

lyrics

V1:
Whoever thought, whoever dreamed
We'd ever see a boat with wings?
December 1935...Alameda

V2:
China Clipper, first of three
Martin M-130
Bringing airmail to the islands from Alameda
Oh Alameda.

(chorus)
Calling Alameda
Land of poplar trees
Calling Alameda
Hope and prosperity
Calling Alameda
Thirty feet above the sea.

V3:
China Clippers two & three
Tragically both lost at sea
Number one -last to survive- to '45.

(repeat chorus)
bridge:
China Clipper number one
Crashed in 1945
The first was the last to survive (1945).

(solo)
(repeat V1)

Music and Lyrics by Jeff Anderson
© & ℗ 2012 C-Shell Tunes

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released April 17, 2012
All sounds performed & produced by WORDS.
© & ℗ 2012 C-Shell Records

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WORDS Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jeff Anderson
Bobby Lawson
Kim Ralston
Matt Van Slooten

Words are friends from Northeast Minneapolis who grew up digging the same vinyl records by The Beatles, The Monkees, The Beach Boys. Over the years Words have self-released four full-length cassettes, a 7" vinyl single, a CD, and now digital music via bandcamp. ... more

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