Some night before Thanksgiving
1971 he boarded
Northwest airlines 305
Leaving out of Portland saying
"20 years on an assembly line
5 days every week is worse than
any kind of prison time
they could ever hand to me"
And he took one step, over the edge
he went missing, never to be heard from again
One step, over the line
he went missing, yeah he jumped into the night
and he was gone
Shortly after takeoff
He handed in a note demanding
10,000 20 dollar bills and
4 civilian chutes and he spent
40 years trying to get ahead
but always played for keeps "so now I'm
taking steps and no regrets
you can catch me if you can"
And he took one step, over the edge
he went missing, never to be heard from again
One step, over the line
he went missing, yeah he jumped into the night
and he was gone
Sax Solo
And he took one step, over the edge
he went missing, never to be heard from again
One step, over the line
he went missing, yeah he jumped into the night
and he was gone
He jumped and he was gone
He jumped and he was gone
He jumped and he was gone
Lyrics Submitted by Ray Dee