“You can't jump a jet plane
Like you can a freight train
So I'll best be on my way
In the early morning rain”

— Gordon Lightfoot

Early Morning Rain, Track 7, UAS-6487 The Song That Changed Everything http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFJ5Bj_put0 Lightfoot! (1966) Context: The liquor tasted good and here the women all were fast... You can't jump a jet plane Like you can a freight train So I'll best be on my way In the early morning rain

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Canadian singer-songwriter 1938

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