Billy Bragg - Airline To Heaven Lyrics
Theres an airline planeFlies to heaven every dayPast them pearly gatesIf you want to ride this trainHave your ticket in your handBefore it is too lateIf the world looks wrongAnd your moneys spent and goneAnd your friend has turned awayYou can get away to heavenOn this aeroplaneJust bow your head and pray.Thems got ears let them hearThems got eyes let them seeTurn your eyes to the lord of the skiesTake that airline planeIt will take you home again.Yes, take you home again.Yes, to your home beyond the skies.Well, a lot of people guessSome say no and some say yesWill it take some and leave some behind?But you will surely knowWhen to the airport goTo leave this world behindOh, a lot of speakers speakAnd a lot of preachers preachWhen you lay their salary on the lineBut to bow your head and prayIs the only earthly wayThat you can fly to heaven on time.That you can reach heaven on time.Your ticket you obtainOn this heavenly airline planeYou leave your sins behindYou have got to take this flightMight be daytime, might be night,But you cant see your way if youre blindWords: woody guthrie (1939) -Music: jay bennett/jeff tweedy (1997)Jay bennett: 12-string acoustic slide guitars, backing vocal, shakers, saw, clapsJohn stirratt: backing vocal, clapsJeff tweedy: vocal, acoustic guitar, mellotrons, claps
