Monsoons

[Intro: Amelia Earhart] The dawn comes up like thunder Out of China across the bay [Verse 1: Amelia Earhart] It's amazing how much can happen in one dawn This isn't safe If this cockpit springs a leak we'll drown up here The hooded clouds, like friars Tell their beads in drops of rain [Verse 2: Amelia Earhart] I can't see a thing up here We need to turn back Despite bad weather, I twice attempted to get through from Akyab But without knowing anything about local conditions, or the nature of the monsoon I decided to turn back My third attempt will be "blind" flying at high altitude [Chorus: Amelia Earhart] For there shall come a mightier blast There shall be a darker day And the stars, from heaven down cast Like red leaves be swept away [Outro: Amelia Earhart] Still no good We can't go through it, we'll have to fly up and over it I've never seen anything like it