They Plan To Leave was recently mentioned on the Saturn List and the transcription of this
remarkable declamation posted. Thanks to Nikos, I just happen to have a copy of the show... Enjoy!
They Plan to Leave (JG, JT voc)
1981.12.01 prob. West Coast USA
They plan to leave this world one day in sundry ships to sail away
They plan to leave this world one day in sundry ships to sail away
They plan to go to somewhere there in splendid ships, armadas rare
They plan to go to somewhere there in splendid ships, armadas rare
To other planets in the sky without a friendly wave good bye
To other planets in the sky without a friendly wave good bye
They plan to leave the people here who won't believe the truth they hear
They plan to leave the people here who won't believe the truth they hear
They plan to leave this world forever seeking the kingdom of never-never
They plan to leave this world forever seeking the kingdom of never-never
Sun Ra's Declamation spoken over the repeated verses above:
They plan to leave this world one day in sundry ships to sail away
They plan to leave this world one day in sundry ships to sail away
Space shuttles passing through the skies
Sometimes why don't you wonder why?
Space shuttles blasting out into the sky
Sometimes don't you think you should begin to wonder why?
They plan to go somewhere there
In splendid ships armadas rare
Plan to go somewhere there, somewhere there in splendid armada space ships rare
To other planets in the sky
Without saying, without saying farewell, good bye
They plan to go to other planes in the sky
They're not gonna say farewell, not gonna say good bye till midnight while you're still asleep
They'll blast out into the deep sun time
While you sleep your sleep in the deep dark Babylonian night they'll take flight!
Deep dark Babylonian night
You sleep your sleep
You dream your dream
And you think that all of this frustration and miserableness that you call life is real but you are only sleeping
Deep dark Babylonian night
Can't you feel that what you call life is not, not real - it is not
This is not life
This dream you dream in this deep dark Babylonian night, this is not life
This is death disguised, disguised as life
You're sleeping in this deep dark Babylonian night and you dare to think this is life?
You're only dreaming and pretending
You're pretending that this frustration, this miserableness, this ridiculousness is life
How could you dare to call your existence life?
Its not life, its death disguised
Its not life, its death disguised
Can't you feel what I speak is real?
You're dreaming - you've been dreaming a long time
Dreaming
I dare to step into your dream to disturb your slumber
I stepped into the dream but I am real
The dream will have to pay the way
I do not recognize the dream and the dream does not have to recognize me
What do I care about a dream?
A dream that you're dreaming in this deep dark Babylonian night
What do I care about these dreams?
They can't do you any good
They can't do me any good if they're not doing you any good
Confusion knocks upon your door
And the button becomes a nightmare
Who will push the button?
When will they push the button?
Fear grips your mind all the time
When will they push the button?
Who'll push the button?
Who's gonna push the button?
They plan to leave, a new thing's about to happen
A government of the people and for the people and by the people will be replaced
By a government of the leaders and for the leaders and by the leaders
A government of the leaders and for the leaders and by the leaders is on its way
They say that he will return one day
He - He will return and he will be the lord of lords and the king of kings
the lord of lords, the king of kings
What happened to the people?
What happened to the people?
The lord of lords, the king of kings
Its propagated that he will return
As the lord of lords, the king of kings
The king of kings and the lord of lords
What's gonna happen to the people?
What's gonna happen to the people? when he returns?
When he returns as lord of lords and king of kings
And lord of lords and king of kings
No mention of the people
Are you a king?
Are you a lord?
A government of the leaders and for the leaders and by the leaders
By the lord of lords, the king of kings
Space shuttles blasting through the skies
I'll tell you a secret - they plan to put the White House on the moon
And the Kremlin on a satellite
Are you going to still sleep and stay earthbound?
Chained to one planet?
Chained to one planet where the only way you can escape is to die?
You dare to say you're free?
You dare to say you know liberty?
You dare to speak of liberty
You dare to say you're free?
You're free? Free?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Liberty?
Lay down in the dust, you bow down in the grave
Is that being free?
Is that liberty?
Lay down in the dust, bow down in the grave
You're nothing but a slave
A helpless earthbound slave speaking words like freedom and liberty
Then you lay down in the dust
You bow down in the grave
Yes, you say you're free
You say you know liberty
If you're free, why do you lay down in the dust, bow down in the grave?
They plan to leave this place of death - this planet
The planets throw shadows
Their shadows cross and this planet is in this valley of the shadows
Its in this valley while the shadows of other planets cross
They cross in the cross... cross
Shadows crossing in the cross
Yea though I walk through the valley - the shadow of death
Yea though I walk through the valley and the shadow of death
That's what you say
The planets throw shadows across each other and this planet situates at that crucial point
You've got to move this planet to another place in the sun
You must move this planet
This planet is a spaceship
All you have to do is to move it
Move it over to another place in the sun
And destiny will change for everyone
(unintelligible) (13:06)
Why is astronauts in spaceships when you can take this whole spaceship Earth and move it
And everybody can go out and see the mysteries of the Omniverse - the Omniverse
What care I for the Universe?
I am the ambassador, the may-emperor of the Omniverse
The emperor bids you welcome
Sail to the heavens, to the Omniverse
Use each universe for a stepping stone... a stepping stone
They plan to leave this world one day in sundry ships, splendid!
Sail away
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
Fight as men should, march as men should
And fight against the common enemy of all humanity
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
March as men should march as men should
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
March as men should march as men should march as men should
And fight against the common enemy of all humanity all humanity
Namely, namely the enemy DEATH
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
March as men should march as men should
Be brave, don't be a slave march as men should
And fight against the common enemy, the common enemy of all humanity
All humanity namely the enemy, the enemy, the enemy, the enemy DEATH
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
March as men should march as men should
And fight against the one who steals your children, steals your mother, steals your father, steals your friends in the night, in the day, any old time
Steals them away
Fight against, fight against the enemy who one day will try to take YOU
March as men should march as men should
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
March as men should march as men should
And fight against the common enemy of all humanity, all humanity
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
March as men should march as men should
And fight against the common enemy of all humanity
All humanity namely, namely the enemy, the enemy of all humanity, the enemy DEATH!
They plan to leave this world one day in sundry ships to sail away
They plan to leave this world one day in sundry ships to sail away
They plan to go to somewhere there in splendid ships, armadas rare
They plan to go to somewhere there in splendid ships, armadas rare
To other planets in the sky without a friendly wave good bye
To other planets in the sky without a friendly wave good bye
They plan to leave the people here who won't believe the truth they hear
They plan to leave the people here who won't believe the truth they hear
They plan to leave this world forever seeking the kingdom of never-never
They plan to leave this world forever seeking the kingdom of never-never
Sun Ra's Declamation spoken over the repeated verses above:
They plan to leave this world one day in sundry ships to sail away
They plan to leave this world one day in sundry ships to sail away
Space shuttles passing through the skies
Sometimes why don't you wonder why?
Space shuttles blasting out into the sky
Sometimes don't you think you should begin to wonder why?
They plan to go somewhere there
In splendid ships armadas rare
Plan to go somewhere there, somewhere there in splendid armada space ships rare
To other planets in the sky
Without saying, without saying farewell, good bye
They plan to go to other planes in the sky
They're not gonna say farewell, not gonna say good bye till midnight while you're still asleep
They'll blast out into the deep sun time
While you sleep your sleep in the deep dark Babylonian night they'll take flight!
Deep dark Babylonian night
You sleep your sleep
You dream your dream
And you think that all of this frustration and miserableness that you call life is real but you are only sleeping
Deep dark Babylonian night
Can't you feel that what you call life is not, not real - it is not
This is not life
This dream you dream in this deep dark Babylonian night, this is not life
This is death disguised, disguised as life
You're sleeping in this deep dark Babylonian night and you dare to think this is life?
You're only dreaming and pretending
You're pretending that this frustration, this miserableness, this ridiculousness is life
How could you dare to call your existence life?
Its not life, its death disguised
Its not life, its death disguised
Can't you feel what I speak is real?
You're dreaming - you've been dreaming a long time
Dreaming
I dare to step into your dream to disturb your slumber
I stepped into the dream but I am real
The dream will have to pay the way
I do not recognize the dream and the dream does not have to recognize me
What do I care about a dream?
A dream that you're dreaming in this deep dark Babylonian night
What do I care about these dreams?
They can't do you any good
They can't do me any good if they're not doing you any good
Confusion knocks upon your door
And the button becomes a nightmare
Who will push the button?
When will they push the button?
Fear grips your mind all the time
When will they push the button?
Who'll push the button?
Who's gonna push the button?
They plan to leave, a new thing's about to happen
A government of the people and for the people and by the people will be replaced
By a government of the leaders and for the leaders and by the leaders
A government of the leaders and for the leaders and by the leaders is on its way
They say that he will return one day
He - He will return and he will be the lord of lords and the king of kings
the lord of lords, the king of kings
What happened to the people?
What happened to the people?
The lord of lords, the king of kings
Its propagated that he will return
As the lord of lords, the king of kings
The king of kings and the lord of lords
What's gonna happen to the people?
What's gonna happen to the people? when he returns?
When he returns as lord of lords and king of kings
And lord of lords and king of kings
No mention of the people
Are you a king?
Are you a lord?
A government of the leaders and for the leaders and by the leaders
By the lord of lords, the king of kings
Space shuttles blasting through the skies
I'll tell you a secret - they plan to put the White House on the moon
And the Kremlin on a satellite
Are you going to still sleep and stay earthbound?
Chained to one planet?
Chained to one planet where the only way you can escape is to die?
You dare to say you're free?
You dare to say you know liberty?
You dare to speak of liberty
You dare to say you're free?
You're free? Free?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Liberty?
Lay down in the dust, you bow down in the grave
Is that being free?
Is that liberty?
Lay down in the dust, bow down in the grave
You're nothing but a slave
A helpless earthbound slave speaking words like freedom and liberty
Then you lay down in the dust
You bow down in the grave
Yes, you say you're free
You say you know liberty
If you're free, why do you lay down in the dust, bow down in the grave?
They plan to leave this place of death - this planet
The planets throw shadows
Their shadows cross and this planet is in this valley of the shadows
Its in this valley while the shadows of other planets cross
They cross in the cross... cross
Shadows crossing in the cross
Yea though I walk through the valley - the shadow of death
Yea though I walk through the valley and the shadow of death
That's what you say
The planets throw shadows across each other and this planet situates at that crucial point
You've got to move this planet to another place in the sun
You must move this planet
This planet is a spaceship
All you have to do is to move it
Move it over to another place in the sun
And destiny will change for everyone
(unintelligible) (13:06)
Why is astronauts in spaceships when you can take this whole spaceship Earth and move it
And everybody can go out and see the mysteries of the Omniverse - the Omniverse
What care I for the Universe?
I am the ambassador, the may-emperor of the Omniverse
The emperor bids you welcome
Sail to the heavens, to the Omniverse
Use each universe for a stepping stone... a stepping stone
They plan to leave this world one day in sundry ships, splendid!
Sail away
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
Fight as men should, march as men should
And fight against the common enemy of all humanity
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
March as men should march as men should
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
March as men should march as men should march as men should
And fight against the common enemy of all humanity all humanity
Namely, namely the enemy DEATH
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
March as men should march as men should
Be brave, don't be a slave march as men should
And fight against the common enemy, the common enemy of all humanity
All humanity namely the enemy, the enemy, the enemy, the enemy DEATH
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
March as men should march as men should
And fight against the one who steals your children, steals your mother, steals your father, steals your friends in the night, in the day, any old time
Steals them away
Fight against, fight against the enemy who one day will try to take YOU
March as men should march as men should
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
March as men should march as men should
And fight against the common enemy of all humanity, all humanity
Shoulder to shoulder, and man to man
March as men should march as men should
And fight against the common enemy of all humanity
All humanity namely, namely the enemy, the enemy of all humanity, the enemy DEATH!