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Companion Song: 13,760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky
Chapter 16 – Pilots of the Caribbean

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I have to shake the millipedes from my shoes
It’s just a another part of paying my dues
But there’s a runway just outside of my back door
That’s all I care about, and that’s what I’m here for

I’m a pilot of the Caribbean
Just Another F-ing First Officer
But I’m burning jet fuel and logging turbine time
From the right seat of my Twin Otter

The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
Just some places, that you know that we go
Beef Island on Tortola
The crushed-shell runway of Virgin Gorda

Well I’m a pilot of the Caribbean
Just Another F-ing First Officer
But I’m burning jet fuel and logging turbine time
From the right seat of my Twin Otter

Get the tourists off and load more back on
Gotta lift off, got to be gone
A happy hour buffet waiting for me
For all I’m not paid, I’ve got to, I’ve got to eat free

Well I’m a pilot of the Caribbean
Just Another F-ing First Officer
But I’m burning jet fuel and logging turbine time
From the right seat of my Twin Otter

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from 13​,​760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky, track released September 28, 2013
Words by Mark L Berry
Music by Greg Evets
Performed by Greg Evets

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Mark’s an airline pilot with an MFA from Fairfield University, author of a memoir and two novels, contributing editor for Airways magazine, and former managing editor for Mason's Road literary journal. His work has also appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and newspapers. He lives in St. Louis, MO near the big staple in the middle of the USA map. Locals call it: The Arch. ... more

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