Army Air Force Heaven-Oscar Brand

[00:05.20]beside a Korean waterfall, [00:07.66]one bright and sunny day [00:10.01]beside a shattered bomber plane, [00:11.92] a poor young pilot lay [00:14.95]his parachute hung from a tree, [00:16.88]but he was not yet dead [00:19.53]and as they gathered 'round him, [00:21.33]these were the words he said [00:24.00]"I'm going to that better land, [00:26.06]where the motors always roar [00:28.73]where the eggnogs grow on eggplants in the Quartermaster's store [00:33.29]where there aren't no Interceptors and no enemies around [00:38.06]there'll be apple pie and rock'n'rye [00:40.57]and the pilots go there when they die [00:42.58]in the Army/AirForce heaven" [00:45.28]the pilot lay beside the falls, [00:47.09]as the medics clustered 'round [00:49.49]and he said "it's such a lovely place; that's where I am bound" [00:54.72]a crankshaft in his liver and a sparkplug on his nose [00:59.21]he said "I'm flying fast, my friends, to where every pilot goes" [01:03.68]"I'm going to that better land, [01:05.78]where the Airmen rise in style [01:08.23]where the automatic pilot works and we sit back and smile [01:12.71]there's a girl for every Officer, a dozen for the crew [01:17.44]there'll be beds of hay in the old bomb bay [01:20.06]and the boys will shout out 'Bombs away' [01:22.53]in the Army/AirForce heaven" [01:24.69]his breath came fast, [01:25.76] he couldn't last, with sadness they all eyed him [01:29.15]the medics wept, [01:30.16] the tears rolled down, [01:31.53]the pools flowed down beside him [01:34.11]the waters rose, [01:35.17]they reached his toes, [01:36.33]he floated where he lay [01:38.62]and as he drifted out of sight, [01:40.51] his comrades heard him say [01:43.07]"I'm going to that better land, where the flak don't never fly [01:47.87]where bullets are all cotton and the shells are apple pie [01:52.33]where the clouds are champagne cocktails and you drink them on the fly [01:57.21]well, it's time to leave, don't you grieve [01:59.75]I'll be wearing wings on my leather sleeve [02:01.92]in the Army/AirForce heaven"