Talking Airplane Disaster Phil Ochs

[Verse 1]
Well, once I heard some people say
If you gotta travel there's just one way
You gotta leave the ground, gotta go through the air
Gotta find a pilot and pay your fare
You gotta sail through the sky
In other words, you gotta fly

[Verse 2]
Yes, statistics show it's the way to go
Well, it's safer than your car, you know
Yes, It's safer than your home, safer than your street
About the safest place to put your feet
Statistics don't lie
But statistics don't die, either

[Verse 3]
Well, once I heard Bob Dylan say
You gotta take a train, it's the only way
Well, nothin' ever happens to trains at all
There was just one accident he could recall
Plane crashed into it
People flying in all directions then

[Verse 4]
So one day when the sky was blue
I boarded a plane and off we flew
Well, I looked out the window, insurance in my hand
Just like Columbus searching for land;
Swearin' I'd never fly again
Just like the last time