Too High to Fly

We sold our sons and we sold our daughters Pretty soon we’ll sell our brothers We took the gold, but the gold was water I tried to save the world, but I failed her She cries the tears that I never left her I left them all behind You were sitting in your darkest hour Oh... Summer’s gone We tried to make the world so much better We send our words in a pretty perfumed letter You sit alone in your ivory towers I’m just one person, I don’t matter You tap the needle, and you went to heaven You left it all behind Now you’re feeling oh so better, oh... Too high to fly You should’ve seen me there, yeah, yeah, yeah Too high to fly, my baby But you were almost there, yeah, yeah The sun shines down on my face But you don’t feel a thing, no, no, no The lines on the street and the smoke rises You looked too long for heaven, now you’re blinded, baby Another morning sun, another day gone by, oh The storm’s coming with the pouring rain, oh... Too high to fly You should’ve seen me there, yeah, yeah, yeah Too high to fly, oh baby But you were almost there Too high to fly You should’ve seen me there Too high to fly, oh baby But you were almost there The lines on the street and the smoke rises Wandering round for forty days, I hope you find it You couldn’t get any higher But you were higher than me You couldn’t get any higher, no, no, no Too high to fly You should’ve seen me there, oh baby Too high to fly You were almost there Too high to fly You should’ve seen me there You should’ve seen me... there... You tap the needle... it won’t take you there... It’s not salvation... All is waiting... there...