The Flight of 007
Bob A. Feldman
A folk song that was written in the 1980's about the shooting down of Korean Airlines Flight 007, after it violated the then-Soviet Union's airspace, near Sakhalin, on September 1, 1983.
The flight of 007
A part of their new strategy
Civilian planes now used for spying
With cameras it came from the sea.
The flight of 007
John Birch's spirit in the sky
For hours it fulfilled its mission
Not knowing that many would die.
The flight of 007
The C.I.A. watched its progress
But people attacked, now resisted
And 007 did crash.
The C.I.A. wrote its news story
The media broadcast it wide
The butchers of Beirut and Haiphong
Condemned such a great loss of life.
The men whose Marines roam the world
And block Nicaragua's coastline
The men who push nukes upon Europe
Try to make this plane their alibi.
The flight of 007
James Bond looking down from the sky
The secret agent provocation
Produced a new series of lies.
267 civilians
Sent on their mission unaware
And when their pilot brought them danger
The C.I.A. watched them all burn.
Yes, the flight of 007
A part of their new strategy
Civilian planes now used for spying
With cameras it came from the sea.