Fly Away

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Fly away little bird, any place in this open-mouthed world
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begs to be fed like a bed that beckons you, but you won't rest
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Everyone's got a need to go, most of us stick with our row to hoe
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but not you, you're the black crow, with a straight line, and no time, for the
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birds of prey who wreck your nest, twice your size, steal your best, they
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sent you on this course of your collision
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I am a stop along your way, I am the words you'll never say, I crossed the
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great beyond of fear, opened my eyes, and saw us there
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what a view, you went there too
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Fly away little bird, find the song in you that no one's heard
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strengthen your wings as you sing your solo flight, through this short life
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everyone's got a deep regret, we try to ground ourselves to forget
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but your race to the end is neck and neck, you love them, you love them not
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the birds of prey who wreck your nest, twice your size, steal your best
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they sent you on this course of your collision
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I am a stop along your way, I am the words you'll never say
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I crossed the great beyond of fear, opened my eyes, and saw us there
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what a view, you went there too
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And all along your chosen path, are window panes and sheets of glass
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that you won't see, you fly too fast
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one day it will be over
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Fly away little bird, the saddest song I ever heard
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was the one that I wrote you in my heart
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that never made it to the world