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.

Yes, take you home again.

Yes, to your home beyond 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.



Your ticket you obtain

On this heavenly airline plane

You leave your sins behind

You have got to take this flight

Might be daytime, might be night,

But you can't see your way if you're blind



Words: woody guthrie (1939) -

Music: jay bennett/jeff tweedy (1997)



Jay bennett: 12-string acoustic slide guitars, backing vocal, shakers, saw, claps

John stirratt: backing vocal, claps

Jeff tweedy: vocal, acoustic guitar, mellotrons, claps