Treetop Flyer - Stephen Stills

I could be a rambler from the seven dials

I don’t pay taxes 'cause I never file

I don’t do business that don’t make me smile

I love my aeroplane 'cause she’s got style

I’m a treetop flyer

I will fly any cargo you can pay to run

These bush league pilots just can’t get the job done

Got to fly down into the canyons, never see the sun

There’s no such thing as an easy run

For a treetop flyer

I’m flyin' low, I’m in high demand

Fly fifteen feet off the Rio Grande

I’ll blow the mesquite right up off the sand

Seldom seen, especially when I land

I’m a treetop flyer

Born Survivor

People been asking me, «Where'd you learn to fly that way?»

Was over in Vietnam, chasin' NVA

The government taught me, and they taught me right

Stay under the treeline, and you might be alright

I’m a treetop flyer

So I’m comin' home, I’m runnin' low and fast

I promised my woman this is gonna be my last

I get the ship down, I tie her fast

Then some old boy walks up, says «Hey son, you wanna make some fast cash?»

I’m a treetop flyer

Well there’s things I am, and there’s things I’m not

I am a smuggler and I could get shot

Ain’t going to die, I ain’t goin' to get caught

'Cause I’m a flyin' fool and my aeroplane is just too hot

I’m a treetop flyer

Born survivor

Usually work alone