Five Miles Out
Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly * Track #4 On The Best Of Mike Oldfield: Elements
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Five Miles Out by Mike Oldfield (Ft. Maggie Reilly)
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Mike OldfieldAbout
Mike Oldfield had gained his pilot’s license in 1979, and a flying incident a year later provided the inspiration for the title song of the 1982 album Five Miles Out. In August 1980, Mike was piloting a two-engined Piper Navajo over the Pyrenees mountain range in Spain when the aircraft was caught i...
Five Miles Out Lyrics
What do you do when you're falling
You've got 30 degrees, and you're stalling out?
And it's 24 miles to your beacon
There's a crack in the sky and the warning's out
Don't take that dive again!
Push through that band of rain!
Five miles out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out
You're Number 1, anticipating you
Climbing out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out
You're Number 1, anticipating you
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
Calling all stations!
This is Golf-Mike-Oscar-Victor-Juliet
IMC CU. NIMB… icing
In great difficulty, over
The traffic controller is calling
“Victor-Juliet” – it's your identity
I have you lost in the violent storm!
Communicate on Squawk Emergency!”
Don't take that dive again!
Push through that band of rain!
Lost in Static, 18
And the storm is closing in now
Automatic, 18!
(Got to push through!)
Trapped in living hell!
You're a prisoner of the dark sky
The propeller blades are still!
And the evil eye of the hurricane's
Coming in now for the kill
Our hope's with you
Rider in the blue
Welcome's waiting, we're anticipating
You'll be celebrating, when you're down and braking
Climbing out
(Climbing, climbing)
Five miles out
(Climbing, climbing)
Five miles out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out…
(Climbing, climbing)
Five miles out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out…
(Climbing, climbing)
Climbing out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out…
(Climbing, climbing)
Five miles out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out…
(Climbing, climbing)
Climbing out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out…
(Climbing, climbing)
Climbing out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out…
Five Miles Out Q&A
Who wrote Five Miles Out's ?
Five Miles Out was written by Mike Oldfield.
Who produced Five Miles Out's ?
Five Miles Out was produced by Mike Oldfield.
When did Mike Oldfield release Five Miles Out?
Mike Oldfield released Five Miles Out on Fri Mar 19 1982.