Lightnin' Hopkins — DC-7

I wanna tell you the first time I taken the notion Let that plane take me off this earth Lord, I wanna tell you people the first time I taken the notion For'n the airplane take me off this earth Look like the first time I began to ride that DC-7 I could remember the first day I was birthed Lord, my mama said, "Son Want you to count your mama to seven" She said, "You made it back safe, but do you know? I gotta kiss you son, You almost been to heaven." I said why you said, mama? She said, "You were ridin' that high-flying DC-7." Mama said while she was gone every morning, I could hear the airplane All I could do was hear the sound "Yes, while you was gone all I could do was hear the voice from the airplane All I could do was hear the sound." She said "I been 82 years son Oh, mama never had her feet off the ground." You take a DC-7 from here to New York City Don't take long 'fore you'll be there Woah, you take a DC-7 from here to New York City It won't be long 'fore you'll be there But if you take a notion to fall with you They can't find you in this world nowhere And then mama began to moan "You take a DC-7 He can almost tell you what the angel's doin You take a DC-7 Van almost tell you what them angel's doin." But you know I've been riding them airplanes You know there's something I had to learn DC-7