We flew together across night skies
And looked down on Mardi Gras
We soared in the Delta sunlight
And watched the whole world cry
Chorus:
You need the earth and I need the sky
You need to run, I need to fly
You need someone who don’t give you the blues
I need the nighttime and the muse
I wonder what’s happening
In your world tonight
Friends laughed and spread their arms
To catch the spirit wind
It was beer and pure poetry
In those days our lives were charmed
You and I saw different things
Somewhere between death and birth
I knew that gravity would prevail
And I watched you fold your wings
Chorus
In this old house on the outskirts
Of the essence that we once shared
I’m content to live with the way we were
And I fly even when it hurts.
