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Artist: Mary Chapin Carpenter
Canonical path: /mary-chapin-carpenter/why-walk-when-you-can-fly
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Why Walk When You Can Fly
Read Why Walk When You Can Fly lyrics by Mary Chapin Carpenter on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Why Walk When You Can Fly
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In this world theres a whole lot of trouble baby
In this worlds theres a whole lot of pain
In this world theres as whole lot of trouble but
A whole lot of ground to gain
Why take when you could be giving?
Why watch as the world goes by?
Its a hard enough life to be living
why walk when you can fly?
In this world theres a whole lot of sorrow
In this world theres a whole lot of shame
In this world theres a whole lot of sorrow
And a whole lot of ground to gain
When spend your whole life wishing
Wanting and wondering why
Its a long enough life to be living
Why walk when you can fly?
And in this world theres a whole lot of golden
In this world theres a whole lot of plain
In this world you've a soul for a compass
And a heart for a pair of wings
Theres a star on the far horizon
Rising bright in an azure sky
For the rest of the time that you're given
Why walk when you can fly?.....high
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