Save A Fighter Pilot's Ass-Oscar Brand

[00:23.56]halleluia halleluia [00:27.42]throw a nickel on the grass, [00:29.25] save a fighter pilot's ass [00:31.31]halleluia halleluia [00:34.80]throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved. [00:38.64]I was cruising down the Yalu, doin' 6 & 20 per [00:42.82]when a call came from the Major, [00:44.72] "oh won't you save me, sir [00:46.75]got 3 flak holes in my wingtips and my tanks ain't got no gas [00:50.37]mayday mayday mayday, [00:52.55]I got 6 MIGs on my ass" [00:54.44]halleluia halleluia [00:58.13]throw a nickel on the grass, save a fighter pilot's ass [01:02.17]halleluia halleluia [01:06.00]throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved. [01:10.52]I shot my traffic pattern, [01:11.98]and to me it looked alright [01:13.86]the air speed read 130, [01:16.02]I really racked it tight [01:17.88]then the airframe gave a shutter, [01:20.04]the engine gave a wheeze [01:22.09]"mayday mayday mayday, [01:23.89]spin instructions please" [01:25.86]halleluia halleluia [01:29.28]throw a nickel on the grass, [01:31.28]save a fighter pilot's ass [01:33.30]halleluia halleluia [01:37.02]throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved. [01:40.94]It was Split-S on my bomb run, [01:42.91] and I got too Goddamned low [01:44.79]but I pressed that bloody button, [01:46.80] and I let those babies go [01:47.20]sucked the stick back fast as blazes [01:50.65]when I hit a high speed stall [01:53.05]now I won't see my mother, [01:54.71]when the works all done next fall [01:56.82]halleluia halleluia [02:00.29]throw a nickel on the grass, save a fighter pilot's ass [02:04.02]halleluia halleluia [02:07.71]throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved. [02:11.91]then they sent me down to PyongYang, [02:13.77] the brief said "no ack ack" [02:15.81]by the time that I arrived there, [02:17.82] my wings was mostly flak [02:19.55]then my engine coughed and sputtered, [02:21.45] it was too cut up to fly [02:22.43]"mayday mayday mayday, [02:25.52] I'm too young to die" [02:27.88]halleluia halleluia [02:30.88]throw a nickel on the grass, [02:32.63]save a fighter pilot's ass [02:35.38]halleluia halleluia [02:38.71]throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved. [02:42.62]I bailed out from the Saber, [02:45.00] and the landing came out fine [02:46.66]with my E & E equipment, [02:48.72]I made for our front line [02:51.30]then I opened up my ration, [02:52.81]to see what was in it [02:54.13]the Goddamned Quartermaster, [02:56.65]why he filled the tin with grit [02:58.36]halleluia halleluia [03:02.25]throw a nickel on the grass, save a fighter pilot's ass [03:06.71]halleluia halleluia [03:09.84]throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved.