Floatin' I'm floatin' on down through the sky
 
 Never had no ambition to learn how to fly
 
 I'll be glad when it's over and ready to land
 
 With this bag full of money I've got in my hand
 
  
  Oh I grew up believin' in Jesse and Frank
 
 Cause I never had nothin' or no one to thank
 
 And I came pretty close to unloadin' a bank
 
 But I was saved by my draft board who made me a yank
  
 
 Floatin' I'm floatin'...
  
 
 And in the 101st they busted your hump
 
 But they taught me a man isn't always a chump
 
 In the course of Korea I learned how to jump
 
 In the card game of life I was holdin' a trump
  
 
 Floatin' I'm floatin'...
  
 
 If you can't get a job and they think you're insane
 
 If the years of your youth have been washed down the drain
 
 And you wake up some mornin' with nothin' but pain
 
 It was then I decided to grab me a plane
  
 
 Floatin' I'm floatin'...
  
 
 With all of my trainin' it wasn't too tough
 
 Now I'm through takin' orders and all of their guff
 
 Gonna buy a Rolls Royce and some luxury stuff
 
 Cause a veteran's pension ain't nearly enough
  
 
 Floatin' I'm floatin'...