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Hate to Have Wings

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lyrics

I’d hate to have wings
I much prefer hands
’Cause with fingers you can grasp things
Birds would never understand

I’d get so tired
Flapping all around
Though it’d be nice every so often
To break free from the ground

And I am thinking far ahead
Of where I am right now
Fly too high, and you fall from the sky
And that I can’t allow

I’d hate to be in love
I much prefer it on my own
’Cause when the other one’s gone
Is when you feel most alone

But when I see two people hand in hand
My heart lets out a sigh
The key to each one’s happiness
In each other’s eyes

Took me long enough to figure out
I’ve had ’em all along
Wings to take me where I want to go
A place I might belong

But it takes so much energy
To lift yourself up
Maybe having the machinery
Isn’t quite enough

So how do birds do it?
Find a place where they can fall
And ride the current down
Can you call it flight at all?

So how do birds do it?
Find a place where they can fall
And ride the current down
Is it even flight at all?

So how do they do it?
Take the leap when they might fall
Face their fears and trust the air
Is it even flying at all?

So how do I do it?
Take the leap when I could fall
Trust the flying’s worth the risk
Can I even fly at all?

I’d hate to be this way
Until my dying day
’Cause being just one thing gets boring
There must be another way

And I am looking far behind
Of where I am right now
All the things I thought I understood
Escape my grasp somehow

And I am looking far behind
To find where I went wrong
Might be buried deep within my past
Or right here in this song

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from Ramshki Alley, released March 20, 2021

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Ramshki Alley Syracuse, New York

ramscéalaí - Irish for "storyteller"...or "silly talker"

A Syracuse, NY-based rock band started by Ian Doherty & Eric Graf

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