About this episode
Simon Ager shares a song he wrote and recorded inspired by the phrase 'pie in the sky'.
This is a song I wrote and recorded in June 2025 based on the phrase 'pie in the sky', which refers to something unobtainable, and comes from a 1911 song by the American labour leader Joe Hill (1879–1915), which includes the line: ‘Work and pray, live on hay, You'll get pie in the sky when you die’. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pie+in+the+sky Here are the words: If you fly up high and open your eyes you might just spy some pie in the sky At the end of the rainbow you might just find a pretty pot of gold or so I've been told If you search here and there and everywhere you might just snare a castle in the air Whatever you seek Wherever you peek You might just see something unique So open your eyes and your ears and your mind cause you never know what you might find cause you never know what you might find Played on the baritone ukulele, high and low whistles and the bodhrán. All parts sung / played by me. The chords are C, F and G
People in this episode
Host: Simon Ager
Topics covered
- music
- songwriting
- lyrics
- creativity
- inspiration
Keywords
- pie in the sky
- Joe Hill
- song
- lyrics
- baritone ukulele
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Pie In The Sky
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