Army Air Force Heaven-Oscar Brand

[ti:Army Air Force Heaven] [ar:Oscar Brand] [al:The Wild Blue Yonder: Songs For A Fighting Air Force] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Army Air Force Heaven - Oscar Brand [00:05.27]Beside a Korean waterfall one bright and sunny day [00:10.15]Beside a shattered bomber plane a poor young pilot lay [00:14.58]His parachute hung from a tree but he was not yet dead [00:19.21]And as they gathered 'round him these were the words he said [00:23.83]I'm going to that better land where the motors always roar [00:28.58]Where the eggnogs grow on eggplants in the Quartermaster's store [00:33.40]Where there aren't no Interceptors and no enemies around [00:37.94]There'll be apple pie and rock'n'rye [00:40.04]And the pilots go there when they die [00:43.03]In the Army/AirForce heaven [00:45.04]The pilot lay beside the falls as the medics clustered 'round [00:49.79]And he said it's such a lovely place; that's where I am bound [00:54.25]A crankshaft in his liver and a sparkplug on his nose [00:58.91]He said I'm flying fast my friends to where every pilot goes [01:03.68]I'm going to that better land where the Airmen rise in style [01:08.39]Where the automatic pilot works and we sit back and smile [01:12.93]There's a girl for every Officer a dozen for the crew [01:17.49]There'll be beds of hay in the old bomb bay [01:20.39]And the boys will shout out 'Bombs away' [01:22.63]In the Army/AirForce heaven [01:24.17] [01:24.97]His breath came fast he couldn't last with sadness they all eyed him [01:29.41]The medics wept the tears rolled down the pools flowed down beside him [01:34.05]The waters rose they reached his toes he floated where he lay [01:38.60]And as he drifted out of sight his comrades heard him say [01:43.27]I'm going to that better land where the flak don't never fly [01:48.01]Where bullets are all cotton and the shells are apple pie [01:52.47]Where the clouds are champagne cocktails and you drink them on the fly [01:57.49]Well it's time to leave don't you grieve [02:00.09]I'll be wearing wings on my leather sleeve [02:02.31]In the Army/AirForce heaven