Airline To Heaven

Lyrics: Woody Guthrie
Music: Jay Bennett/Jeff Tweedy

Sung by Jeff Tweedy when members of Wilco played with Phil Lesh & Frinds.

There's an airline plane
Flies to Heaven every day
Past them pearly gates
If you want to ride this train
Have your ticket in your hand
Before it is too late

If the world looks wrong
And your money's spent and gone
And your friend has turned away
You can get away to Heaven
On this aeroplane
Just bow your head and pray

Them's got ears let them hear
Them's got eyes let them see
Turn your eyes to the Lord of the skies
Take that airline plane
It will take You home again
To your home behind the skies

Well, a lot of people guess
Some say no and some say yes
Will it take some and leave some behind
But you will surely know
When to the airport go
To leave this world behind

Oh, a lot of speakers speak
And a lot of preachers preach
When you lay their salary on the line
But to bow your head and pray
Is the only earthly way
That you can fly to Heaven on time
That you can reach Heaven on time

Them's got ears let them hear
Them's got eyes let them see
Turn your eyes to the Lord of the skies
Take that airline plane
It will take You home again
To your home behind the skies

Your ticket you obtain
On this heavenly airline plane
You leave your sins behind
You've got to take this flight
Might be daytime, might be night
But you can't see your way if you're blind

Them's got ears let them hear
Them's got eyes let them see
Turn your eyes to the Lord of the skies
Take that airline plane
It will take you home again
To your home behind the skies
Recordings
     Date Album Recorded By
     2000 Mermaid Avenue Vol. II Billy Bragg & Wilco


 


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