Throw a Nickel On the Grass
- Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Throw a nickel on the grass save a fighter pilot's ass
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be safe!
Well, I'm cruising down the Yalu, doing six-and-twenty per
I cried to my flight leader, "Oh, won't you save me, Sir!
Got two big flak holes in my wings, my engine's outta gas!
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Got six MiGs on my ass!"
- Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Throw a nickel on the grass save a fighter pilot's ass
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be safe!
Well, I shot my traffic pattern, to me it looked alright
The airspeed read one-ninety, I really racked it tight
The airframe gave a shudder, the engine gave a wheeze
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Spin instructions please!
- Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Throw a nickel on the grass save a fighter pilot's ass
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be safe!
The crosswind blew me side ways, the left wing hit the ground
I firewalled the throttle, and I tried to go around
I yanked that Sabre in the air, a dozen feet or more
The engine quit, I almost shit, the gear came through the floor
- Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Throw a nickel on the grass save a fighter pilot's ass
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be safe!
Arrangement Copyright © 1997 Dick Jonas. All rights reserved. Author unknown; arrangement by Dick Jonas; Air Force traditional, via Bill Getz in "The Wild Blue Yonder"