Save A Fighter Pilot's A**-Oscar Brand

[ti:Save A Fighter Pilot's A**] [ar:Oscar Brand] [al:The Wild Blue Yonder: Songs For A Fighting Air Force] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Save A Fighter Pilot's A** - Oscar Brand [00:23.51]Halleluia halleluia [00:27.36]Throw a nickel on the grass [00:29.34]Save a fighter pilot's a** [00:31.22]Halleluia halleluia [00:35.09]Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved [00:38.28] [00:38.96]I was cruising down the Yalu [00:41.04]Doin' 6 and 20 per [00:42.97]When a call came from the Major [00:45.03]Oh won't you save me sir [00:46.72]Got 3 flak holes in my wingtips [00:48.89]And my tanks ain't got no gas [00:50.90]Mayday mayday mayday [00:52.53]I got 6 MIGs on my a** [00:54.68]Halleluia halleluia [00:58.35]Throw a nickel on the grass [01:00.31]Save a fighter pilot's a** [01:02.28]Halleluia halleluia [01:06.19]Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved [01:09.49] [01:10.62]I shot my traffic pattern [01:12.00]And to me it looked alright [01:14.30]The air speed read 130 [01:15.95]I really racked it tight [01:17.61] [01:18.15]Then the airframe gave a shutter [01:20.20]The engine gave a wheeze [01:22.09]Mayday mayday mayday [01:24.04]Spin instructions please [01:25.89]Halleluia halleluia [01:29.54]Throw a nickel on the grass [01:31.42]Have a fighter pilot's a** [01:33.43]Halleluia halleluia [01:37.30]Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved [01:40.56] [01:41.25]It was Split-S on my bomb run [01:43.45]And I got too Goddamned low [01:45.22]But I pressed that bloody button [01:47.11]And I let those babies go [01:48.94]Sucked the stick back fast as blazes [01:51.08]When I hit a high speed stall [01:53.12]Now I won't see my mother [01:54.75]When the works all done next fall [01:56.94]Halleluia halleluia [02:00.51]Throw a nickel on the grass [02:02.43]Save a fighter pilot's a** [02:04.37]Halleluia halleluia [02:08.28]Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved [02:11.60] [02:12.13]Then they sent me down to PyongYang [02:14.39]The brief said no ack ack [02:16.21]By the time that I arrived there [02:18.20]My wings was mostly flak [02:20.12]Then my engine coughed and sputtered [02:21.87]It was too cut up to fly [02:24.03]Mayday mayday mayday [02:25.96]I'm too young to die [02:27.74]Halleluia halleluia [02:31.43]Throw a nickel on the grass [02:33.36]Save a fighter pilot's a** [02:35.28]Halleluia halleluia [02:39.23]Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved [02:42.14] [02:43.20]I bailed out from the Saber [02:45.11]And the landing came out fine [02:47.21]With my E and E equipment [02:48.91]I made for our front line [02:51.05]Then I opened up my ration [02:52.61]To see what was in it [02:54.79]The God damned Quarter master [02:56.78]Why he filled the tin with grit [02:58.65]Halleluia halleluia [03:02.42]Throw a nickel on the grass [03:04.29]Save a fighter pilot's a** [03:06.27]Halleluia halleluia [03:10.19]Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved