Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Second single from Lily Allen’s third album Sheezus. It finds her reflecting on boredom and embracing escapism.
Lily later described the song as her least favourite on Twitter, and agreed with a fan who said it “stunk of label pressure as a lead single”.
[Verse 1]
Somebody remind me where I am, Miami or Timbuktu?
Did I ever tell you my uncle's monkey ran away from the zoo?
Would you tell me what this all means?
What happens if I go through that door?
'Cause I'm looking up at the ceiling, but it's turning into the floor Ooh
[Pre-Chorus]
When I'm bored, I kinda drift away
I'm not sure, quite, why we work all day
I've been thinking and I've got this plan
Let's go, right now
[Chorus]
Come meet me in the sky, I'll be waitin' for you
And we can't hear what they say
Up in my air balloon, air balloon, air balloon (Ha!)
Sing, sing, along, along any song you want to
Now, we're so high it can't rain
Up in my air balloon, air balloon, air balloon (Ha!)
[Post-Chorus]
Na, na, na-na-na-na, na
Na, na, na-na-na, mmm
Na, na, na-na-na-na, na
Na, na, na-na-na, mmm
[Verse 2]
I don't like dropping names, but Kurt Cobain is all in my face
How the hell am I gonna tell him Elvis already took first base?
And then, out of the blue, this cruise is losing altitude
All we need is a little more elevation
Take me back to where I can breathe, ooh
[Pre-Chorus]
When I'm bored, I kinda drift away
I'm not sure, quite, why we work all day
I've been thinking and I've got this plan
Let's go, right now
[Chorus]
Come meet me in the sky, I'll be waitin' for you
And we can't hear what they say
Up in my air balloon, air balloon, air balloon (Ha!)
Sing, sing, along, along any song you want to
Now, we're so high it can't rain
Up in my air balloon, air balloon, air balloon (Ha!)
[Post-Chorus]
Na, na, na-na-na-na, na
Na, na, na-na-na, mmm
Na, na, na-na-na-na, na
Na, na, na-na-na, mmm
Na, na, na-na-na-na, na
Na, na, na-na-na, mmm
Na, na, na-na-na-na, na
Na, na, na-na-na, mmm
[Bridge]
Shake it, sh-shake it, shake it now
Gimme, gi-gimme, gimme some
Sailing, s-sailing through the clouds
Trippin', tri-tri-tri-trippin' out
Shake it, sh-shake it, shake it now
Gimme, gi-gimme, gimme some
Sailing, s-sailing through the clouds
Trippin', tri-tri-tri-trippin' out
(Na, na, na-na-na-na, na)
[Chorus]
Come meet me in the sky, I'll be waitin' for you
And we can't hear what they say
Up in my air balloon, air balloon, air balloon (Ha!)
Sing, sing, along, along any song you want to
Now, we're so high it can't rain
Up in my air balloon, air balloon, air balloon (Ha!)
[Post-Chorus]
Come meet me in the s—
Na, na, na-na-na-na, na
Na, na, na-na-na
Up in my air balloon, air balloon, air balloon (Ha!)
Come meet me in the s—
Na, na, na-na-na-na, na
Na, na, na-na-na
Up in my air balloon, air balloon, air balloon (Ha!)
Air Balloon was written by Lily Allen & Shellback.
Air Balloon was produced by Shellback.
Lily Allen released Air Balloon on Sun Mar 02 2014.
At the 3:04 mark, Lily discusses “Air Balloon”