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
And the sun would bake you dry and 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
"Boy, the folks you talking to been a hundred years dead."

Hey, fly away
Hey, sky is gray
Hey, fly away
Hey, fly away

I don't understand why I owe anybody anything
I feel like a tightrope walker and they took away my string
I feel like someone squeezed the juice out of my fruit
Like everyone's in sweat pants and I alone still wear a suit
I 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, fly away

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

Hey, fly away
Hey, sky is gray
Hey, fly away
Hey, fly away

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, fly away

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 rejected, I've been collected
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, fly away

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 and I lost my sense of touch
From commercials and checking my e-mail too much

I have no taste, lots of people 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, fly away

Well I got this town to myself finally
Think I might go and strap myself down
And sleep off this headache and 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
And hop on the freight train that 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
Hey, fly away
Hey, fly away

Hey, fly away
Hey, fly away
Hey, fly away
Hey, fly away