John Denver - Flight Lyrics
This song was first released on the it's about time album. it is the only album it has been released on.Oh, i have slipped the surly bonds of earthAnd danced the sky on laughter silvered wingsSunward i've climbed and joined the tumbling mirthOf sun-split clouds and done a hundred thingsI've wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silenceHovering there i've chased the shouting winds aloftAnd flung my eager craft through footless halls of airThe higher we fly, the farther we goThe closer we are to each otherThe darker the night, the brighter the starIn peace go my sisters and brothersUp, up, the long delirious burning blueI've topped the wind-swept heights with easy graceWhere never lark nor even eagle flewAnd while with silent lifting mind i trodThe high untresspassed sanctity of spacePut out my hand and touched the face of godThe higher we fly, the farther we goThe closer we are to each otherThe darker the night, the brighter the starIn peace go my sisters and brothersWords by gillespie magee jr., john denver and joe henryMusic by lee holdridgeAdopted from the poem by john gillespie magee jr.