Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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High Wings track 11. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
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Lyrics:

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
I say, What the heck good are angels if they don't have wings?
Oh, if they don't have wings

Now a well-meaning pastor came up to me
He 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!)
They may have voices to praise their King,
But I say, What the heck good are angels if they don't have wings?
Oh, 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, real flying wings!

Now I'm talking here about a few barrel rolls, some spins, an Immelmann just to top it all off—a sixteen-point inverted slow roll would be a challenge. This levitation is boring!

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, if he don't have 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!)
I'm glad your view of Heaven is a place that sings,
But I say, What the hell good is Heaven if you don't have wings?
Oh, real flying wings!