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Awful still out there, too still for me

We used to go on outside whenever something was open to buy some tea

Feel like you could die here, middle of main street, plain as day

And the sun would bake you dry and the wind blow you away

Everybody’s shifting some people in the air

Half of me wants to crack the code, the other half don’t care

I wouldn’t bat an eyelid if right now someone said

«Boy, the folks you talking to been a hundred years dead.»

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Hey, fly away

Hey, fly away

I don’t understand why I owe anybody anything

I feel like a tightrope walker and they took away my string

I feel like someone squeezed the juice out of my fruit

Like everyone’s in sweat pants and I alone still wear a suit

I used to feel like a Mexican bandit when I picked up my guitar

Now it’s nuclear winter, I gotta pay for a new car

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Hey, fly away

Hey, fly away

Sometimes I wanna fly planes into buildings

So I stay away from planes

I want sweet oblivion and outside

I want dripping rain

Tripping over my underwear and cigarette shelf

They say this river runs like freedom

But right now it’s gone dry

The water tower’s run dry

The sun’s falling outta the sky

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Hey, fly away

Hey, fly away

Why is the car still running? Won’t someone turn it off

Who is looking in my window? I heard somebody cough

Things so important a few months back

Now barely catch my interest, I feel I’m losing track

Of people, of names

Of places, and of friends

Excuse me for not keeping up

With all the latest trends

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Hey, fly away

Hey, fly away

Well excuse me for behaving in a manner that seems rude

Most of my waking moments deal with finding food

Something for my family, something for my nation

Designer boots for grandma, designer drugs for my patients

I’ve been rejected, I’ve been collected

I’ve been neglected and injected and inspected

Don’t be rejected, you will be protected

Send me all your money so that I can get elected

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Hey, fly away

Hey, fly away

Well I lost my sense of balance and I lost my sense of smell

In a car accident near the liberty bell

I lost my sense of timing and I lost my sense of touch

From commercials and checking my e-mail too much

I have no taste, lots of people tell me that

My eyesight was pretty much shot right off the bat

All that’s left is some skewed inner vision

And some obsolete info on nuclear fission

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Hey, fly away

Hey, fly away

Well I got this town to myself finally

Think I might go and strap myself down

And sleep off this headache and sleep off this war

And maybe my dreams will tell me what it all was for

I might steal some clothes and get my face all dirty

And hop on the freight train that rolls in around 4:30

Might see you up in the sky

If we flap our wings and learn to fly

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Hey, fly away

Hey, fly away

Hey, fly away

Hey, fly away

Hey, fly away

Hey, fly away

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