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There's an airline plane |
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Flies to heaven every day |
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Past them pearly gates |
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If you want to ride this train |
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Have your ticket in your hand |
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Before it is too late |
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If the world looks wrong |
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And your money's spent and gone |
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And your friend has turned away |
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You can get away to heaven |
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On this aeroplane |
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Just bow your head and pray. |
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Them's got ears let them hear |
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Them's got eyes let them see |
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Turn your eyes to the lord of the skies |
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Take that airline plane |
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It will take you home again. |
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Yes, take you home again. |
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Yes, to your home beyond the skies. |
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Well, a lot of people guess |
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Some say no and some say yes |
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Will it take some and leave some behind? |
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But you will surely know |
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When to the airport go |
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To leave this world behind |
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Oh, a lot of speakers speak |
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And a lot of preachers preach |
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When you lay their salary on the line |
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But to bow your head and pray |
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Is the only earthly way |
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That you can fly to heaven on time. |
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That you can reach heaven on time. |
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Your ticket you obtain |
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On this heavenly airline plane |
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You leave your sins behind |
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You have got to take this flight |
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Might be daytime, might be night, |
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But you can't see your way if you're blind |
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Words: woody guthrie (1939) - |
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Music: jay bennett/jeff tweedy (1997) |
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Jay bennett: 12-string acoustic slide guitars, backing vocal, shakers, saw, claps |
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John stirratt: backing vocal, claps |
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Jeff tweedy: vocal, acoustic guitar, mellotrons, claps |
