I was hanging round ops, just spending my time Off of the schedule, not earning a dime A colonel comes up and he says, I suppose You fly a fighter by the cut of your clothes He figures me right, I'm a good one to say Do you happen to have me a target today? Says yes he does, a real easy one No sweat my boy, it's an old time milk run I gets all excited and ask where it's at He gives me a wink and a tip of his hat It's 350 miles to the northwest of home A small peaceful hamlet that's known as Chapone Ah, you'll sure love Chapone I go get my G-suit and strap on my gun Helmet and gloves out the door on the run Fire up my phantom and take to the air Two's tucked in tight, we haven't a care In 45 minutes we're over the town From 28,000 we're screaming on down Arm up the switches and dial in the mills Rack up the wings and roll in for the kill We feel a bit sorry for folks down below Of destruction that's coming, they surely don't know The thought passes quickly, we know war's on On down we scream toward peaceful Chapone Unsuspecting, peaceful Chapone Release altitude and the piper's not right I'll press just a little and lay em in tight I pickle those beauties at 2.5 grand Startin' my pull when it all hits the fan A black puff in front and then two off the right Then six or eight more and I suck it up tight There's small arms and tracers and heavy ack-ack It's scattered to broken with all kinds of flack I jink hard to left and head out for the blue My wingman says, Lee, they're shooting at you Noble I cry as I point it toward home Still comes the fire from the town of Chapone Dirty, deadly Chapone I make it back home with six holes in my bird With the colonel who sent me, I'd sure like a word But he's nowhere around, though I look near and far He's gone back to Saigon to help run the war I've been round this country for many a day And I've seen the things that they're throwing my way I know that there's places I don't like to go Down in the Delta and in Tally Ho But I'll bet all my flight pay the jock ain't been born Who can keep all his cool when he's over Chapone Oh, don't go to Chapone