Roger Miller LyricsSong: The Day I Jumped from Uncle Harvey’s Plane |
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| Me ¡®n’ oliver ¡®n’ virgil was in the drugstore killing time When my eyes fell upon this magazine And I got to reading this article on sky-diving and parachuting And it said jumping out of air-planes was the thing Now being raised down on a farm and always ready for adventure I knew that I could figure out a way I said ¡°well delmer gill’s got a parachute and uncle harvey’s got an air-plane¡± So I said ¡°call the boys together, today’s the day¡± Well I found out too late what uncle harvey called an air-plane Was nothing but an engine and a wing And I could feel my fear a-rising as delmer packed the parachute ¡®cos he kept telling me I was doing the right thing Ron mcloughlin shook my hand as jd strapped me in the harness And tildon brought a jug and passed it around I took one look at that parachute and that whisky and that air-plane And I turned that bottle up and drank it down Well I was drunker’n cooter jones when they poured me in the plane The engine coughed and headed for the clouds But I was sober as a judge by the time they opened up the door And I’ve never known my heart to beat so loud I said, ¡°harvey, I can’t do it¡± as he kicked me out the door And I wrapped my hands around the landing gear And I was holding on real good ¡®til harvey stepped down on my fingers And virgil said he heard me scream from way down there Well I thanked God and delmer gill when my parachute finally opened I said ¡°well, hell there ain’t no use in being afraid¡± And I went crashing through the hen house, scattering chickens and breaking eggs And I kissed the ground and fainted dead away Now friends I’ve done some fighting, and I’ve been shot at once or twice And I’ve durn near been run over by a train But I don’t think I remember being any more afraid Than the day I jumped from uncle harvey’s plane |
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