Happy Blues For John Glenn lyrics

People I was sittin` this mornin` with this on my mind
Said there ain`t no livin` man who gone around the world three time
But John Glenn did
Yes he did
He did it, I`m talkin` about him
Only did it for fun

Half a million dollars made him feel so well
He got to eatin` his lunch and couldn`t hardly tell
He said I feel all right
John Glenn said it
Everybody was laughin`
And dipped in the gritty

It was a million prayer went up
Prayin` that he would land
I looked at a schoolhouse full of men and they didn`t know what to say
But they said `Let him come back, God
Please let him land
You know that`s the onliest man ever did it
And you`re the helpin` hand`

I see`d him when he left but I didn`t see him when he land
But I knowed he was doin` all right when they said it is OK to give him a great big hand
He`ll be in on the ship
They say he`s on deck
His mother say I know my son gonna make it, it ain`t never been no mistake

You know I wanna tell you somethin`, this ain`t lyin`
You know that man must had on his mind flyin`
It ain`t nobody will take that for his tryin`,
unless they gonna build him his own self airplane and they gonna go flyin`
They told him `Don`t worry, this is true
You may miss me for a few minutes but I`ll be back to see about you` - He did!
Yes he did
Yes when he done it, didn`t know what had happened the helicopter say -

You know they tested that boy`s body, even test his heart
They knowed he was all right when he was gettin` to start
I mean he`s made it!
He went around the world three times
You know he went and got him an airplane,