Save A Fighter Pilot's Ass

halleluia halleluia
throw a nickel on the grass,
save a fighter pilot's ass
halleluia halleluia
throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved.
I was cruising down the Yalu, doin' 6 & 20 per
when a call came from the Major,
"oh won't you save me, sir
got 3 flak holes in my wingtips and my tanks ain't got no gas
mayday mayday mayday,
I got 6 MIGs on my ass"
halleluia halleluia
throw a nickel on the grass, save a fighter pilot's ass
halleluia halleluia
throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved.
I shot my traffic pattern,
and to me it looked alright
the air speed read 130,
I really racked it tight
then the airframe gave a shutter,
the engine gave a wheeze
"mayday mayday mayday,
spin instructions please"
halleluia halleluia
throw a nickel on the grass,
save a fighter pilot's ass
halleluia halleluia
throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved.
It was Split-S on my bomb run,
and I got too Goddamned low
but I pressed that bloody button,
and I let those babies go
sucked the stick back fast as blazes
when I hit a high speed stall
now I won't see my mother,
when the works all done next fall
halleluia halleluia
throw a nickel on the grass, save a fighter pilot's ass
halleluia halleluia
throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved.
then they sent me down to PyongYang,
the brief said "no ack ack"
by the time that I arrived there,
my wings was mostly flak
then my engine coughed and sputtered,
it was too cut up to fly
"mayday mayday mayday,
I'm too young to die"
halleluia halleluia
throw a nickel on the grass,
save a fighter pilot's ass
halleluia halleluia
throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved.
I bailed out from the Saber,
and the landing came out fine
with my E & E equipment,
I made for our front line
then I opened up my ration,
to see what was in it
the Goddamned Quartermaster,
why he filled the tin with grit
halleluia halleluia
throw a nickel on the grass, save a fighter pilot's ass
halleluia halleluia
throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved.