Learning To Fly

(G)Into the distance, a ribbon of black
(Em)Stretched to the point of no turning back (D)(G)
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
(Em)Standing alone my senses reel (D)(G)
A fatal attraction is holding me fast
(Em)How can I escape this irresistible grasp? (D)(C)

Can't keep my eyes from the (Am)circling skies(F)
Tongue tied and twisted,
Just an (C)earthbound (D)misfit,(G)I

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(G)Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
(Em)Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything (D)(G)
No navigator to find my way home
(Em)Unladen,empty and turned to stone (D)(C)

A soul in tension that's (Am)learning to fly
(F)Condition grounded but (C)determined to try
Can't keep my eyes from the (Am)circling skies(F)
Tongue tied and twisted,
Just an (C)earthbound (D)misfit, (G)I

(G)Above the planet on a wing and a prayer
(Em)My grubby halo,a vapor trail in the empty air (D)(G)           
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
(Em)Out of the corner of my watering eye (D)(G)
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
(Em)Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night (D)(C)

There's no sensation to com(Am)pare with this
(F)Suspended animation,a (C)state of bliss
Can't keep my eyes from the (Am)circling skies(F)
(F)Tongue tied and twisted,
Just an (C)earthbound (D)misfit,(G)I

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