Lyric Analysis

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane

Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

What I gather from the lyrics and time the song was made is that the song maybe about a soldier in the Vietnam war wanting to return to his "baby" back home. However this is also applicable to any person who is looking to get back to their "baby".

I don't care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to baby again
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Chorus:

Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a more
Anyway….

The interpretation for these lyrics is fairly standard in interpreting because they are so literal. The fact that his lover literally sent a letter.

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

I said my baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Chorus:

Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a more
Anyway………

The pace of the song goes quite simply from a moderate fairly slow pace and then goes on to a faster pace in the chorus.

GUITAR SOLO

Chorus:

Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a moreAnyway………

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train

Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Chorus:

Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a more
Anyway………

The style of the song is fairly repetitive with the lyrics however this was the style of rock music at the time.

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home

My baby….

My baby….

My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home

My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

In terms of the performers style they are typically a pub band and so only really do covers of other songs. They mostly cover old rock titles and anthems in which other people would know and can sing along to. Being a cover band they don’t really have a particular style or any concepts.  However they are a pub band and do put their own swing on the songs due to the variety of people in the band. The band doesn’t have a look in particular. Other songs they have done include such songs as Wishing Well- Free, Are you gonna be my girl- Jet, Times Like These- Foo Fighters. However in knowing what kind of video they want I have taken inspiration from such music videos as Shinedown- Second Chance. In these videos there is the band playing while the narrative is going on as if they are narrating the story.