billy bragg
airline to heaven
there's an airline plane flies to heaven everyday past the 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 this airline plane it'll 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 a lot of preachers preach when you lay their salary on the line you can hold your head and pray it's the only earthly way you can fly to heaven on time fly to 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'll 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 it may 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'll take you home again to your home behind the skies