D. B. Cooper



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Nov. 2012 - May 28, 2013 

riddell
 

 larry  curtis  spurlock

 

d b cooper

verse 1

on the day before thanksgiving

in nineteen seventy-one

a man named d b cooper

was just about to have some fun

he paid twenty dollars cash

to fly from portland to seattle

but at ten thousand feet above the earth

he was just beginning his battle

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d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

.. whatever happened to him

verse 2

he demanded two hundred thousand dollars in cash

with four parachutes to be available

and after a smoke and a bourbon or two

he jumped from the aft unassailable

somewhere near mount st. helens

in clark county near lewis river

wearing just a suit and tie and loafers

without the slightest shiver

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d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

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.. whatever happened to him

verse 3

in the year following the cooper jump

thirty-one copycat hijackings occurred

none of these events were successful

at least that’s what i’ve heard

some wanted to go to cuba

but money was always requested

one or two were killed by the law

all the others were arrested

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.. whatever happened to him

verse 4

even though cooper was never found

and the money never recovered

lots o’ people claim they were he

yet no proof was ever discovered

kenneth christianson fits all the clues

brad meltzer would agree

william gossett so obsessed with the crime

and the proof is there to see

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.. whatever happened to him

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verse 5

richard mccoy hijacked a similar plane

right out of the open sky

but escaped from the prison they put him in

then killed by the f.b.i.

duane weber confessed on his deathbed

that he was cooper, too

drank the same bourbon & smoked the same cigarettes

and knew all the secret clues

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.. whatever happened to him

verse 6

now john emil list was a veteran

where he taught a skydiving school

admitted to killing his family

and admitted to the skyjacking dual

barbara dayton was the strangest

to be considered of interest

born a man but after gender surgery

proved to be the best

 

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.. whatever happened to him

verse 7

ted mayfield, jack coffelt and lynn cooper

rounded out the rest

of the possibility of being cooper

all passing the information test

but nobody really knows

if cooper lived or he died

but the story is historical lore

to which nobody has denied

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.. whatever happened to him

 

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verse 8

while d b cooper is a cultural phenomenon

an air pirate extortionist

who endangered the lives of forty-two people

a brave courageous proportionate

still an american hero

so polite and calm with a plan

the stewardess’ and pilots tell us

he was a cool suave gentleman

 

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.. whatever happened to him

verse 9   (repeat verse 1)

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