John Mayer Announced His Song WALT GRACE'S SUBMARINE TEST, JANUARY 1967 Is Being Made Into a Movie
Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter John Mayer is known mostly for his beautiful voice and songs, and he’s even appeared in a couple of movies, most recently B.J. Novak’s big screen directorial debut, Vengeance, but soon he’s taking on a new type of project in the film world. During a recent benefit concert at the Pine Creek Lodge in Livingston, Montana, Mayer told fans the news that a movie is being made that is based on one of his songs, “Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967.”
He explained:
“I wanna say one thing that might get me in trouble, ’cause that’s what I do. That song is soon to be a major motion picture. It’s true. It’s gonna be a movie.”
“Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967” is the ninth track on Mayer’s 2012 album, Born & Raised. The song tells the story of a man named Walt Grace, who has a dream to build a submarine and travel across the ocean to Japan. It’s a really good song with a great story, and it makes sense that someone saw the movie potential in it.
Check out the lyrics to the song below, and let us know if you’re looking forward to this movie.
Walt Grace
Desperately aiding his whole place
Dreamed to discover a new space
And buried himself alive
Inside his basement
Tongue on the side of his face meant
He's working away on his placement
And what it would take to survive
'Cause when you're done with this world
You know the next is up to you
And his wife told his kids he was crazy
And his friends said he'd fail if he'd try
But with the will to work hard
And a library card
He took a homemade, fan-blade
One-man submarine ride
That morning
The sea was mad and I mean it
Waves as big as he'd seen it
Deep in his dreams at home
From dry land
He rolled it over to wet sand
Closed the hatch up with one hand
And peddled off alone
'Cause when you're done with this world
You know the next is up to you
And for once in his life it was quiet
As he learned how to turn in the tide
And the sky was a-flare
When he came up for air
In his homemade, fan-blade
One-man submarine ride
One evening
When weeks had passed since he's leavin'
The call she planned on receivin'
Finally made it home
She accepted
The news she never expected
The operator connected
The call from Tokyo
'Cause when you're done with this world
You know the next is up to you
Now his friends bring him up when they're drinkin'
At the bar with his name on the side
And they smile when they can
As they speak of the man
Who took a homemade, fan-blade
One-man submarine ride