Throw A Nickel On The Grass

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Oh, Halleliua, Halleliua 
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Throw a nickel on the grass--Save a fighter pilot's ass. 
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Oh, Halleliua, Oh, Halleliua 
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Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved. 
 


[Verso 1]
 
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I was cruising down the Yalu, doing six and twenty per 
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I cried to my flight leader, Oh won 't you save me sir? 
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Got two big flak holes in my wing, and my engines outta gas. 
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Mayday, mayday, mayday, I got six MIGS on my ass. 
 


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Oh, Halleliua, Halleliua 
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Throw a nickel on the grass--Save a fighter pilot's ass. 
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Oh, Halleliua, Oh, Halleliua 
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Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved. 
 


[Verso 2]
 
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I shot my traffic pattern, and to me it looked all right, 
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The airspeed read one-ninety, I really racked it tight! 
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Then the airframe gave a shudder, the engine gave a wheeze, 
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Mayday, mayday, mayday, spin instructions please. 
 


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Oh, Halleliua, Halleliua 
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Throw a nickel on the grass--Save a fighter pilot's ass. 
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Oh, Halleliua, Oh, Halleliua 
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Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved. 
 


[Verso 3]
 
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Crosswind blew me sideways, the left wing hit the ground. 
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I firewalled the throttle, and tried to go around. 
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I yanked that Sabre in the air, a dozen feet or more. 
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The engine quit, I almost shit, the gear came through the floor. 
 


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Oh, Halleliua, Halleliua 
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Throw a nickel on the grass--Save a fighter pilot's ass. 
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Oh, Halleliua, Oh, Halleliua 
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Throw a nickel on the grass and you'll be saved.