The Devil Makes Three - Uncle Harvey's Plane lyrics

Well me 'n oliver 'n Virgil were in the d**tore k**in' time When my eyes fell upon this magazine Well I got to reading this article about sky diving and parachutes Said jumpin out of airplanes was the thing Being raised down on the farm and always ready for adventure Well I knew that I could find a way Delmer Gill he's got a parachute and uncle Harvey's got an airplane So we called the boys together Today's the day Well I found out too late what Uncle Harvey called an airplane It was nothing but an engine and a wing Now I felt my fear begin to rise as Delmer packed that parachute Cuz' he told me i was doing the right thing Ron McGloughlan shook my hand and JD strapped me in the harness Some children brought a jug and they pa**ed it round Well I took one look at that parachute and that whiskey and that airplane And I turned that bottle up and I drank it down Well I was drunker that Cooter Jones when they poured me in the plane Say the engine coughed and headed for the clouds. Well I was sober as a judge when Harvey opened up the door And I never known my heart could beat so loud. I screamed "Harvey, I can't do this. You and I have known each other a very long time and you've been my uncle all my life and to ask another human being to jump out of an airplane at this altitude and this velocity is simply ridiculous man" at which point he kicked me out the door And I wrapped my hands around the landing gear And I was holding on real good til Harvey stepped upon my fingers And Virgil heard me scream from way down there Well I'd thank God and I'd thank Buddha I'd thank Jesus I'd thank Judah I'd thank Krishna and all the lesser Hindu gods Most of all thank my good friend Delmer Gill when my parachute finally opened And I thought hell there ain't no use in being afraid I came crashing through that hen house I scared chickens I broke eggs And then I kissed that ground and I fainted dead away Now friends I've been in a few battles And I've been shot at once or twice And I've damned near been runned over by a train But I never do remember ever feeling so afraid As that day I jumped from Uncle Harvey's plane.