Give Me Operations
Give me operations way out on some lonely atoll
For I am too young to die; I just want to grow old
Don't give me a P-38; the props, they counter-rotate
She's smattered and smitten from Burma to Britain
Don't give me a P-38
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Don't give me a P-39; the engine is mounted behind
She'll tumble and roll, and she'll bore a deep hole
Don't give me a P-39
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Don't give me a Peter-four-oh; it's a hell of an airplane, I know
A ground-looping bastard, you're bound to get plastered
Don't give me a Peter-four-oh
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Don't give me an old Thunderbolt; she gave many pilots a jolt
It looks like a jug, and it flies like a tug
Don't give me an old Thunderbolt
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Don't give me a P-51; the airplane that's second to none
She'll loop, roll and spin, but she'll auger you in
Don't give me a P-51
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Don't give me an F-82; that monster from out of the blue
You won't understand just who's in command
Don't give me an F-82
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Don't give me an old Shooting Star; she goes, but not very far
She'll rumble and spout, and will surely flame out
Don't give me an old Shooting Star
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Don't give me an F-84; her pilots they ain't here no more
They bombed in that crate, but they all pulled out late
Don't give me an F-84
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Don't give me an 86D, with rockets, radar, and AB
She's fast, I don't care; she blows up in mid-air
Don't give me an 86D
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Don't give me a One-Double-Oh to fight against friendly or foe
That old Sabre dance made me crap in my pants
Don't give me a One-Double-Oh
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Don't give me McDonnell's Voodoo;
there's nothing that she will not do
She'll really pitch up, she'll make you throw up
Don't give me McDonnell's Voodoo
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Don't give me an F-104; she's faster than Lightning fer shore
But after one pass there's no bullets, no gas
Don't give me an F-104
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Don't give me an F-105, 'cause I like being alive
She's great for attack, she soaks up mach-mach flak
Don't give me an F-105
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Don't give me an old F-4C, with a navigator flying with me
Her dihedral's neat, but she's got a back seat
Don't give me an old F-4C
Just give me operations way out on some lonely atoll
For I am too young to die; I just want to grow old
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"