I flew United Airlines on my way to Nebraska The plane departed Halifax connecting in Chicago's old air While on the ground a passenger said from the seat behind me, my god they're throwing guitars out there The band and I exchanged a look best described as terror At the action on the tarmac and knowing whose projectiles these would be So before I left Chicago, I alerted three employees who showed complete indifference towards me United, United You broke my Taylor guitar United, United Some big help you are You broke it, you should fix it You're liable, just admit it I should have flown with someone else Or gone by car Cause United breaks guitars When we landed in Nebraska I confirmed what I'd suspected My Taylor'd been the victim of a vicious act of malice at old air So began a year-long saga But past the buck, don't ask me And I'm sorry sir, your claim can go nowhere So to all the airlines people from New York to New Delhi Including kind Miss Earl Wig who says the final word from them is no I've heard all your excuses and I've chased your wild gooses And this attitude of yours I say must go United, United You broke my Taylor guitar United, United Some big help you are You broke it, you should fix it You're liable, just admit it I should have flown with someone else Or gone by car Cause United breaks guitars Well I won't say that I'll never fly with you again Cause maybe to save the world I probably would But that won't likely happen And if it did I wouldn't bring my luggage Cause you'd just go and break it into a thousand pieces Just like you broke my heart When United breaks guitars United, United You broke my Taylor guitar United, United Some big help you are You broke it, you should fix it You're liable, just admit it I should have flown with someone else Or gone by car Cause United breaks guitars Yeah, United breaks guitars Yeah, United breaks guitars Yeah, United breaks guitars

我乘坐美國聯合航空公司的飛機前往內布拉斯加州，飛機從哈利法克斯起飛，在芝加哥的舊機場轉機，在地面上，一位乘客在我後面的座位上說："天哪，他們在向外扔吉他。"我和樂隊交換了一個眼神，用恐怖來形容最恰當不過了、美聯航，美聯航，你們弄壞了我的泰勒吉他 美聯航，美聯航，你們真是幫了大忙 你們弄壞了，你們應該修好它 你們有責任，就承認吧 我應該和別人一起坐飛機，或者坐汽車 因為美聯航會弄壞吉他 當我們在內布拉斯加州著陸時，我證實了我的猜測 我的泰勒吉他是舊航空公司惡意行為的受害者 於是開始了長達一年之久的傳奇故事