as performed during a ‘Daylight Again’ concert.
Lyrics
I could be a rambler from the seven dialsI don’t pay taxes ’cause I never fileI don’t do business that don’t make me smileI love my aeroplane ’cause she’s got styleI’m a treetop flyer
I will fly any cargo you can pay to runThese bush league pilots just can’t get the job doneGot to fly down into the canyons, never see the sunThere’s no such thing as an easy runFor a treetop flyer
I’m flyin’ low, I’m in high demandFly fifteen feet off the Rio GrandeI’ll blow the mesquite right up off the sandSeldom seen, especially when I landI’m a treetop flyerBorn Survivor
People been asking me, “Where’d you learn to fly that way?”Was over in Vietnam, chasin’ NVAThe government taught me, and they taught me right,Stay under the treeline, and you might be alrightI’m a treetop flyer
So I’m comin’ home, I’m runnin’ low and fastI promised my woman this is gonna be my lastI get the ship down, I tie her fastThen 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 notI am a smuggler and I could get shotAint going to die, I ain’t goin’ to get caught,‘Cause I’m a flyin’ fool and my aeroplane is just too hotI’m a treetop flyerBorn survivor
Usually work alone
Songwriters: Stephen A Stills
