Filker.com

Cruising

Lyrics and Music ©2009 by Bill and Gretchen Roper


Gretchen gave me the chorus for this right after we got back from FilkOntario this year. I put chords to the chorus, but it took a little while before we got back to it.

But Katie wants to go to the moon, so we really had to get back to it.

      F                    C
Let's fill up the tank and pile in the van 
         G                   C
When the moon is high in the sky.
       F                     C
With a big chunk of cavorite under the hood, 
         D                    G
You'll believe that a van can fly.
      F                    G
We're all buckled in so we know we'll be safe
       E                     Am
As the big red van starts to rise,
               F                  C             F        C
‘Cause there's nothing quite like spending your Saturday night
     F      G                 C
On a family drive through the skies.


(Chorus)
      F                       G
We're goin' to the moon in my red minivan.
     C                                     Am7
I've packed some milk and cookies and some strawberry jam.
     F                  G
With Baby and Mommy and Winnie the Pooh,
   E              E7                     Am
So come along and join us ‘cause there's just room for you.
      F                       G
We're goin' to the moon in my red minivan.
  F                C               G          C
I know we're gonna make it – Katie told me we can!


Roll the windows up, ‘cause we're gettin' so high 
And it's better when the air is inside.
And Daddy's got the pedal pressed down to the floor,
So it's gonna be a heckuva ride.
We'll cruise for a minute in zero-G,
Plucking M & Ms from the air.
And the man in the moon is smilin' tonight,
‘Cause in just a half an hour we'll be there.

(Bridge)
        Am7                   Dm7
And the lights in the sky are brighter
          G                         C
Than they were before we started to fly.
       Am7                         Dm7
And we count the stars through the windows
      D                             G
As we watch the constellations roll by.
       Dm7                   G
It's a beautiful night to go cruising
         E7                      Am7
With the family all aboard for a trip.
       Dm7             Em7            Dm7     Em7
And if Katie says it's true then I've gotta believe
       Dm7        D7sus4     G/D
That a minivan is gonna be a rocket ship.


We're gonna kick up the dust at Tranquility Base
As our red lunar rover rolls by.
And there's a big blue marble hanging high overhead
That's the prettiest thing in the sky.
We'll blow a big bubble and fill it with air
So we can wander round safe in our dome
And we'll build sand castles by the light of the Earth
‘Till it's time to pack up and go home

(Chorus to coda)
  F                C               G          C
I know we're gonna make it – Katie told me we can!
  F                C               G          C
I know we're gonna make it – Katie told me we can!