Amelia Songtext
von David Crosby

I was driving across the burning desert
When I spotted six jet planes
Leaving six white vapor trails
Across the bleak terrain
It was the hexagram of the heavens
It was the strings of my guitar
Amelia, it was just a false alarm

The drone of flying engines
Is a song so wild and blue
It scrambles time and the seasons
If it gets through to you
And then your life becomes a travelogue
Of picture postcard charms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm


Now people will tell you where they′ve gone
They'll tell you where to go
But ′til you get there yourself
You will never really know
Where some have found their paradise
Others succumb to harm
Oh Amelia, it was just a false alarm

I wish that she was here tonight
It's so hard to obey
Her sad request of me
To kindly stay away
So this is how I hide the hurt
As the road bleeds cursed and charmed
I tell Amelia it was just a false alarm

A ghost of aviation
She was swallowed by the sky
Or by the sea, like me
She had a dream to fly
Like Icarus ascending
On beautiful foolish arms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm


Now maybe I've never really loved
I guess that is the truth
I spent my whole life in clouds
At icy altitudes
And looking down on everything
I crashed into her arms
Oh Amelia, it was just a false alarm

I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel
To shower off the dust
And I slept on the strange pillows
Of my wanderlust
I dreamed of 747s
Over geometric farms
Dreams, Amelia, dreams, false alarms