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Christopher Madden and Malakai Madden - Tryin' to Get Off Island

from 13​,​760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky by A TWA Flight 800 Memoir by Mark L Berry

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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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Tryin’ to Get Off-Island - lyrics


St. Croix is beautiful
Someone said to me
It’s more like a trailer park
In the middle of the sea

The hotel I’m living in
Has been condemned
One-dollar longnecks
Are my only friend

Tryin’ to get off-island
In the middle of the night
Need to get off-island
Before morning light

I heard a rumor
I could catch a flight
With a mail plane in
The middle of the night

So I’m standing on the tarmac
With a flight bag full of rum
Here comes a couple of props
And I stick out my thumb

Tryin’ to get off-island
In the middle of the night
Need to get off-island
Before morning light

Tryin’ to get to San Juan
To catch another flight
If I get to San Juan
I can make it home tonight

Vieques is hot, he said
So the ride won’t be boring
Before I know I’m flying
He’s asleep in back and snoring

It’s just me and the sun and sky
And the endless blue sea
Sitting in the cockpit
I’m finally free

Tryin’ to get off-island
In the middle of the night
Need to get off-island
Before morning light

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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 Christopher Madden and Malakai Madden
Performed by Christopher Madden and Malakai Madden

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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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