Air Algiers

Country Joe McDonald

I hopped on a plane

Oakland New York

Oakland New York

New York to Marseilles.

Yes, I hopped on a plane

Oakland, New York to Marseilles

Pigs on my trail,

Hey, I got to make my getaway.



Ah, when the man holler

You sure got to jump boy

You sure got to jump hey

You got to jump bail

When the man hollers now

Sure got to jump bail

First fair trial, hey,

And then they put you back in jail.



Ah come on now !

Oh yeah!

Alright !



Hey now I can remember

A-seein' my picture

A-seein' my picture

On the post-office wall.

Yeah, I can remember my picture

On the post-office wall.

I can remember the day

That the F.B.I. called.



I got to make my connection,

I got a one-way ticket

I got a one-way ticket

I'm flyin' Air Algiers.

I got to make my connection

A one-way on Air Algiers.

I think I'll go to the Casbah

Cool it for a couple a years.