Lightnin' Hopkins - Happy Blues For John Glenn Lyrics
People I was sittin' this mornin' with this on my mindSaid there ain't no livin' man who gone around the world three timeBut John Glenn didYes he didHe did it, I'm talkin' about himOnly did it for funHalf a million dollars made him feel so wellHe got to eatin' his lunch and couldn't hardly tellHe said I feel all rightJohn Glenn said itEverybody was laughin'And dipped in the grittyIt was a million prayer went upPrayin' that he would landI looked at a schoolhouse full of men and they didn't know what to sayBut they said "Let him come back, GodPlease let him landYou know that's the onliest man ever did itAnd you're the helpin' hand"I see'd him when he left but I didn't see him when he landBut I knowed he was doin' all right when they said it is OK to give him a great big handHe'll be in on the shipThey say he's on deckHis mother say I know my son gonna make it, it ain't never been no mistakeYou know I wanna tell you somethin', this ain't lyin'You know that man must had on his mind flyin'It ain't nobody will take that for his tryin', unless they gonna build him his own self airplane and they gonna go flyin'They told him "Don't worry, this is trueYou may miss me for a few minutes but I'll be back to see about you" - He did!Yes he didYes when he done it, didn't know what had happened the helicopter say -You know they tested that boy's body, even test his heartThey knowed he was all right when he was gettin' to startI mean he's made it!He went around the world three timesYou know he went and got him an airplane,
