HIGH WINGS

Oh, people see Heaven as many things
Singing Oh, Hallelujah!
Full of angels with harps that play and sing
Singing Oh, hallelujah!
But when I see an angel I say just one thing
What the heck good is Heaven
If you don't have wings?
Real flying wings!

Now a well-meaning pastor came up to me
Said "What more could you want from Eternity
Than a voice like yours that rises clear and free
To sing the praises of the Trinity

Oh the Persians draw angels that make me cry
Singing Oh hallelujah!
They got skinny little wings that'll never fly
Singing Oh Hallelujah!
But when I see an angel I say just one thing
What the heck good are angels
If they don't have wings?
Real flying wings!

Now the roaring of the jets ought to make it clear
That the kingdom of God is really almost here
Weren't airplanes what was meant by the King of Kings
When he promised to raise us up on eagles' wings?

Oh Nirvana is some people's religious goal
Singing Oh hallelujah!
Enlightenment and union with the cosmic whole
Singing Oh, hallelujah!
But Nirvana lacks one important thing
I say What the heck good's Nirvana
If you don't have wings
Oh if you don't have wings!

(spoken)
Now I'm talking about a barrel-roll, an Immelmann, a sixteen-point inverted slow roll would be a challenge
This levitation stuff is BORRING!

Oh Moroni's sitting up there on the Temple heights
Singing Oh Hallelujah
His trumpet pointing out past the city lights
Singing Oh hallelujah!
But Moroni in his beauty lacks just one thing
I say what the heck good's an angel
If he don't have wings
Oh real flying wings?

Now the clean-cut missionary on my doorstep said
"You must find the truth or you'll be lost when you're dead
I know where I'm going when I finally die
I don't want anybody's Heaven if I can't fly

Oh people see Heaven as many things
Singing Oh Hallelujah!
Full of angels with harps that play and sing
Singing Oh Hallelujah
But when I see an angel I say just one thing
What the hell good is Heaven
If you don't have wings?
Real flying wings!