"To Live Is To Fly" lyrics

"To Live Is To Fly"
(originally by Townes Van Zandt)

Won't say I love you, babe
Won't say I need you, babe
I'm gonna get you, babe
I will not do you wrong
Living's mostly wasting time
And I waste my share of mine
But it never feels too good
So let's not take too long

You're as soft as glass and I'm a gentle man
We got the sky to talk about
And the world to lie upon

Days up and down they come
Like rain on a conga drum
Forget most, remember some
But don't turn none away
Everything is not enough
Nothing is too much to bear
Where you been is good and gone
All you keep's the getting there

To live is to fly, low and high
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes

It's goodbye to all my friends
It's time to go again
Think of all the poetry
And the pickin' down the line
I'll miss the system here
The bottom's low and the treble's clear
But it don't pay to think too much
Of the things you leave behind
I may be gone, but I won't be long
I'll be bringing back the melody
And the rhythm that I find

We all got holes to fill
Them holes are all that's real
Some fall on you like a storm
Sometimes you dig your own
But choice is yours to make
The time is yours to take
Some dive into the sea
Some toil upon the stone

To live is to fly, low and high
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the tear out of your eye
Shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes


Writer(s): Townes Van Zandt
album: "Riot City Blues" (2006)
Primal Scream - Riot City Blues album cover
Stone Ya To The Bone
(Expanded Edition Bonus Track)
To Live Is To Fly
(Expanded Edition Bonus Track)
Gimme Some Truth
(Expanded Edition Bonus Track)
It's Not Enough
(Expanded Edition Bonus Track)
Zeppelin Blues While Thinking of Robert Parker
(Expanded Edition Bonus Track)
Gamblin' Bar Room Blues
(Expanded Edition Bonus Track)
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