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From: rdd@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Robert Dorsett)
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Subject: Lyrics to "I'm a lousy co-pilot."
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Date: Tue, 03 Apr 90 12:35:23 PDT
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Posted: Tue Apr  3 14:35:23 1990

I probably shouldn't post this, but...:-)


Lyrics to: "The Poor Copilot"
>From an ancient record: "The Wild Blue Yonder," by Oscar Brand.


Oh I'm the co-pilot, I sit on the right.
I'm fit and courageous, I'm wonderfully bright.
My job is remembering what the captain forgets,
and I never talk back so I have no regrets.

I'm a lousy copilot and a long way from home.

I make out the flight plan and study the weather
Pull up the gear, drop it, and stand by to feather.
I make out his mail forms, I hire his whores,
and I fly his old crate to the tune of his snores.

I'm a lousy copilot and a long way from home.

I make out the flight plan according to Boyle,
I take all the readings, I check on the oil.
I hustle and mouthpour (?) the midnight alarm,
I fly through the fog while he sleeps on my arm,

I'm a lousy copilot and a long way from home.

I treat him to coffee, I keep him in Cokes,
I laugh at his corn and his horrible jokes.
And once in a while, when his landings are rusty,
I come through with: "Yessiree, Captain, it's gusty!"

I'm a lousy copilot and a long way from home.

All in all I'm commissioned a general stooge,
I sit on the right of this high-flying scrooge.
Someday I'll make captain and then I'll be blessed:
I'll give my poor tongue one hell of a rest.

I'm a lousy copilot and a long way from home.