Ice on the Wing

[Verse 1]

I am made of Sopwith Camel

Sherman PT-17, sixty and cloudy, I go slow

Compared to modernity, I am a humming bee

Sweater weather and hugs and drugs and movies

[Chorus]

But baby ice is growing on the wing

Baby ice is growing on the wing

You rolled the dice but you didn’t know anything

[Post-Chorus]

Underneath the oxide

Underneath the oxide

It’s all the same song

[Verse 2]

I am made of no newspapers

When the V-1 buzzing stopped, only prayers

I am made of young curiosity, deluded piety

Double-whiskey for the men

Don’t talk to thy neighbor

If they don’t take your same lord as savior

In a songless meeting house

Proud to be the only ones who get saved in the end

From hugs and drugs and movies

[Chorus]

But baby ice is growing on the wing

Baby ice is growing on the wing

You rolled the dice but you didn’t know anything

[Bridge]

What if I start now?

Just like someone’s watching me

Somebody’s watching me

What if I start now?

Just like someone’s watching me

[Chorus]

But baby ice is growing on the wing

Baby ice is growing on the wing

Baby ice is growing on the wing

Baby ice is growing on the wing

[Post-Chorus]

But underneath the oxide

Underneath the oxide

Underneath the oxide

It’s all the same