Chartered Trips

(album: Zen Arcade - 1984)

I picked up my belongings in a nylon carry-all
I hear the porter call
He said "The sky's the limit on this chartered trip away"
I guess I'd better stay

Out there on the desert, I see trees on every wall
Nothing's ever solved
He said "The sky's the limit on this chartered trip away"
Guess I'd better stay away

I thought I owed myself a trip away
I wanted to go to places I have never been away
I looked at the pictures, imagine where they lay
Away on a beach by the sand, where their clothes all lay away

I picked up my belongings in a nylon carry-all
I hear the porter call
Horizon is oblivious, chartered trip away
Guess I'd better stay

Out there on the desert, I see trees on every wall
Nothing's ever solved
Horizon is oblivious, chartered trip away
Guess I'd better stay

I thought I owed myself a trip away
I wanted to go to places I have never been away
I looked at the pictures, imagine where they lay
Away on a beach by the sand, where their clothes all lay away

I picked up my belongings in a nylon carry-all
I hear the porter call
Said "There's no returning from this chartered trip away"
I guess I'd better stay

Said "There's no returning from this chartered trip away"
Said "There's no returning from this chartered trip away"
Said "There's no returning from this chartered trip away"
Said "There's no returning from this chartered trip away"