I could be a rambler from the seven dials I don't pay taxes 'cause I never file I love my aeroplane 'cause she's got style I don't do business that don't make me smile I'm a treetop flyer I'm a soul survivor
I will fly any cargo that you can pay to run These bush league pilots, they just can't get the job done Got to fly down into the canyons, you'll never see the sun There's no such thing as an easy run For a treetop flyer I'm a soul 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 down, under the treeline, you might be alright Treetop flyer I'm a soul survivor
Well there's things I am, and there's things I'm not I am a smuggler and I could get shot Aint going to die, I ain't goin' to get caught, See I'm a flyin' fool, in an aeroplane, just too hot I'm a treetop flyer I'm a soul survivor
So I'm comin' home, I'm runnin' low and fast I promised my woman this is gonna be my last I get the shit down, I tie it fast Then some old boy walks up, and he says "Hey son want to make some fast cash?" I'm a treetop flyer I'm a soul survivor