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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