Jetstream

is this a free seat? / which way're you heading? / you keep pushing and you keep pushing / between the whipcrack and the moonbeams / i said coachman where're we heading? // the gleaming teeth of the inbetween / i can hear some people laughing / is this a stitch up? / i am not willing / so i'm turning you off, then i'm counting // i regret / i turn the clock back / to where i wasn't taken in / i jump out of the window / and get lost in the jetstream // this is a ghost coach / that we are riding / damp decay and splintering / between the whipcrack and the moonbeams / i can hear some people laughing // we need a rubber man / we need a stretchy man / i'm not sure i am welcome // you are a fool / and this is over / over the cliffs of Dover // i regret / i turn the clock back / to where i wasn't taken in / i jump out of the window / and get lost in the jetstream // you're beautiful / until i get close / you have the eyes of a mountain goat / a coat of mildew / a bad smell / and the strap broke in my hand // now i wanna turn back / i wanna turn back / turn back / i wanna turn back / i wanna turn back / turn back / turn back / i wanna turn back // we need a rubber man / we need a stretchy man / a rubber man / we need a stretchy man // i wanna turn back / i'm on my back / turn back

Around 2000, Thom posted the following message, which gives background to the "eyes of a mountain goat"/"bad smell" lyrics, on the official messageboard of radiohead.com:

oh yes. oh yes. yes ye sye ye sye ys eys

i just finished re-reading Mingus biography. then i was sitting listening to AH -UM feeling liek i was inside his mind and that on a mountain when i smelt this terrible smell like death.

i thought i was imagening stuff but it grew stronger and stronger. i pulled my headphones off and looked round and there was this mountain goat with these terryfying brown blank eyes like death like a trapped soul staring down at me with with this godawful smell of rotting carrion and the deadliest looking horns like sabres. twas of the devil dont thee know.

i got up sharpish and left.

the reason i say this is because it was brown and vicious like blood and chocolate.

all my love and congratulations on impeccable taste.

In 2004 or 2005, this line that may be related to 'Jetstream' appeared at the start page of radiohead.com:

In 2004, a line from the song could be seen in the 'scrapbook' section of radiohead.com:

This sheet, taken from the pdf files Thom made available on theeraser.net where it was titled 'ghostcoach', is also directly connected to the lyrics:

'Jetstream' was released as a b-side on the Harrowdown Hill single on august 21st 2006. It was also included on the Spitting Feathers EP, released on november 22nd 2006 in Japan.