Fly Away

Awful still out there

Too still for me

We used to go on outside whenever

Something was open to buy some tea

Feel like you could die here

Middle of main street, plain as day

The sun would bake you dry

The wind blow you away

Everybody's shifting

Some people 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

All the folks you talking too

Been a hundred years dead

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Sometimes I wanna fly planes into buildings

So I stay away from planes

I want sweet oblivion and outside

I want dripping rain

Tripping over my underwear and cigarette shelf

They say this river runs like freedom

But right now it's gone dry

The water tower's run dry

The sun's falling outta the sky

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 sweat pants and I'll only wear a suit

Used to feel like a Mexican bandit when I picked up my guitar

Now it's nuclear winter, I gotta pay for a new car

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Why is the car still running?

Won't someone turn it off

Who is 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

Hey, sky is gray

Hey, fly away

Hey sky is gray

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've been infected

I've been dissected

I've been neglected and injected and inspected

Don't be rejected

You will be protected

Send me all your money so that I can get elected

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

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

I lost my sense of touch

>From commercials and checking my e-mail too much

I have no taste

Lots of folks tell me that

My eyesight was pretty much shot right off the bat

All that's left is some skewed inner vision

And some obsolete info on nuclear fission

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray

Well I finally got this whole place to myself

Think I might go and strap myself down

And sleep off this headache

Sleep off this war

And maybe my dreams will tell me

What it all was for

I might steal some clothes and get my face all dirty

Roll on the freight train, rolls in around 4:30

Might see you up in the sky

If we flap our wings and learn to fly

Hey, fly away

Hey, sky is gray