X-15 Composer(s): Johnny Bond Performer(s): Johnny Bond
Gather 'round you cat's 'n' you'll hear about a race I had in the stratosphere Ol' Joe had a slick jet, I mean and I flew a souped-up X-15
Now don't tune me out, I know what you're a-thinkin' 'n I ain't gonna bug ya with no Hot Rod Lincoln No, that was a long time ago by my grandad back in nineteen six-oh
But now it's a-nineteen'n'ninety seven we raced our jets next door to heaven So if you're ready I'll start at the top once I get a-goin' I won't wanna stop
Well they fastened our jets up under the wing of one of them big B70 things lifted us up to 80,000 feet where the atmosphere and the stratosphere meet
Well, they cut us loose, and we cut away out broke the sound barrier, there's not doubt Gave her the gun, heard the motors purr revved her up to 4,000 per
Off to my left, ol' Joe was a-whistlin' he was doin' okay in that rocket of hizzin' it was half past two when we left Nevada now passin' below, Denver, Colorada
I noticed I was fallin' a little behind so I thought I'd make this ol' turtle unwind This little baby is sweeter than sweet at a hundred and forty-four thousand feet
Now this X-15 is a goin' thing got two little stubs, they call it a wing won't help you much if the motor stalls hey, lookie below, Niagra Falls
I kept goin' up on a two-degree course ol' Joe kept comin', he weren't ridin' no horse I noticed my (?) was a-makin' commotion about the time we reached the Atlantic ocean
Now 'long about here, supposed to turn 'em around and gather more speed as we angle 'em down Sumpin' had happened, I heard a loud pop looked out in time to see both motors stop
Now this little dip wasn't wrote in the script when them jets went out I nearly quit 'cause when this dang thing starts to fall it floats like a two-ton cannonball
Wait just a minute, sumpin' wrong here this thing ain't fallin', goin' high in the air faster'n'faster, the higher we go how we gonna get down, man I don't know
Well we circled the Earth in three hours flat yes I'm in orbit, no doubt about that here I sit, just circlin' in space what's that? Don't ask me, I don't know who won the race
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