Will Varley - As The Crow Flies Lyrics
When that bird fell from its nestMe and my sister did our bestTo feed it earth worms everydayAfter school we watched it fly awayI miss my mother, my old room and the sound of the rainAs it fell on the rooftops and ran along the drainsSometimes it feels like an ocean that railway lineSometimes it feels like were living in darker timesI'm heading back home for a couple of daysBut I cant imagine all that much has changedSee that town moves with the colour of the skyThere's a face I recognise, As the crow fliesWell someones opened up a cafe on the rivers edgeI would go there in the summer, rent some boats out, we saidThose kids grew up in the beat of the old bass drumFrom son to father, from father back to son.That catch she used to run rings, always playing tricks on the dogHe'd be sitting in the kitchen, rolling around all covered in mudNow they're buried in the garden in the shadow of the hawthorn treeFarewell travellers may your souls always be free.And we always get together this time of yearAlways wish I could tell them what they are waiting to hearBut who said time moves in straight linesAt least I can say I tried, As the crow fliesShe said you're drinking too much, I said yes I probably amI find it easier to forget what I can't understand.Like how all those snakes made it past the line so fastAnd how the future turns so quickly into the past.Now the cafe by the rivers all boarded upThere's an autumn wind blowing through the old horse chestnutBut I saw him in a dream, says he's doing alrightI can see him in your eyes, As the crow flies, As the crow flies.But sometimes it feels like everything's been done beforeThe same ideas and the same four chordsBut were still leaving in the morning for to cross the seaBecause not everything's been done by me.I remember that boy in the fading august lightWe watched that fledgling bird take its first flightWell I hope that I have done you proudAnd I promise to wake up and fight.On the roads that we travel, On the oceans we sailIn the george of the dragon, in the belly of the whaleI will always keep you by my sideWe'll get old and we'll get wise, As the crow flies.Anywhere, anytime. As the crow flies.
