[Verse 1] It was early spring above Lyon The lights like prayers all scattered and thrown And whipping by your ears to something bigger [Verse 2] Past deadly aims from the Krauts' elite The wife at home with a rosary And a heavenly voice A cross-hair to a trigger [Chorus] Didn't know what he told those stories for About the only blind pilot in the second great war And when he'd reached then end Well he'd say, "That man was me" And he claimed that he was guided by A Kamikaze man who never wanted to die So he sought redemption As a ghost in a righteous ear [Refrain] Can you hear? Can you hear? Can you hear? It's loud and clear [Verse 3] And I dare not speak of the hand of God But he took more fire than a lightning rod And escaped unscathed just ready-made for battle [Verse 4] And his fate was sealed
With the medals and fame But at four o'clock lurked a foe untamed And his comrade spoke As the engine began to rattle: "My friend you fly alone tonight For I'm being called by a great white light One that's far too pure for living eyes" [Verse 5] But he claimed he saw that light as well As clear as a gun and as sharp as a bell And he crashed real soft in a field north of Bordeaux Going home, going home, going home Don't send me home [Verse 6] So he stumbled out With his broken soul And he broke his leg in a rabbit hole That snuck up quick on idle eyes and a heavy heart They found him there after three long days A farmer was tending to a bale of hay And the pilot cried, because he was afraid of the dark [Chorus] [Refrain x2] Can you hear? Can you hear? Can you hear? It's loud and clear