Fly Away

Dan Bern

Awful still out here, too still for me

I'm used to going outside whenever

And something's open, 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 shifty

Some secret's 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're talking to

Have been a hundred years dead



Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray



I don't understand why I owe anybody anything

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

Feel like someone squeezed the juice out of my fruit

Like everyone's in sweatpants 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 and I gotta pay for a new car



Hey, fly away ...



Why is the car still running

Won't someone turn it off

Who's 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 ...



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 have been rejected

I have been collected

I have been injected and inspected and infected

Don't be dejected

You will be protected

Send me all your money so that I can get elected



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