One Wrong Move - A tribute to WWI pilots who gave all. Filmed at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, NY.

"One Wrong Move." A song about flying fighter aircraft during WWI, written and performed by Long Island band, "Infamous." Filmed at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, NY...a "living museum" of early aviation, and featuring the volunteers, pilots and amazing aircraft from the Aerodrome. For information about the museum, weekend air shows, and open-cockpit biplane rides visit: www.oldrhinebeck.org.
Dedicated to those who gave their lives in the service of their countries.
Infamous is: Tom McGuire - bass and vocals, Justin Cermignani - guitar, Rich Walz - guitar, and Tom Polapink - drums.
One Wrong Move - Lyrics
Strapping on the latest tech
In the war to end all wars
A nervous teen is off to fight
a politician’s cause
The engine barks & shoots out flames
and starts to come alive
The young man calls to pull the chocks
with hopes just to survive
A cold wind blowing in his face
It cuts right through his skin
He reaches 7,000 feet
The battle will begin
The enemy is spotted
The dogfight does commence
One becomes a hero
At the other one’s expense
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Chorus:
Rolling, looping as they fly
Turning, burning in the sky
Climbing, spinning through the air
Bullets flying everywhere
Fighting with no time for fear
Focus must be crystal clear
Your life at stake, you must defend
One wrong move will be your end
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Twisting through a cloudless sky
to evade the enemy
His adversary fights the fight
with great tenacity
Two warriors risk their lives
for the countries they must save
The winner gets a medal
The loser gets a grave
High above the trench-scarred land
in the baby-blue bright sky
Black smoke & flames pour from his ship
It’s now his turn to die
His foe became the victor
His parents lost their son
His country lost an airplane
They’ll just build another one
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Chorus
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The crack of dawn comes early
Hero in his wicker seat
Off to fight another day
with a foe he must defeat
He’s had long a string of success
Will his good luck last?
Or will he lose this battle
like his victims of his past?
Up he climbs to meet his match
his craft of wood and wire
Its steel machine guns waiting
to light his foe afire
But things don’t always go
quite exactly as you plan
and when he aimed to shoot his gun
so did another man
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Guitar Solos
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The enemy behind him
flew right out of the sun
claimed the kill and victory
his work that day was done
The winner flew back to home base
to fight another day
The loser died right where he fell
his young life swept away
The process keeps repeating
Countless lives are lost
The world is changed forever
All sides must pay a cost
But the bright side of the story
is we learn from history
and a conflict such as this
we again should never see
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Chorus
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End
Copyright 2023, Tom Polapink