Kites Without Strings (Live at the Screem, 1993)

[Spoken Intro: Mike Roe]
This is off our new album. We won't tell you what it's called.

[Verse 1]
I was high
Like a kite you pulled me through
When you ran
I followed you
Clipped at the wings
You held all my strings
I was taught
But I never learned a thing

[Bridge]
Is it any wonder
I came crashing down?
When I did, I hit solid ground
So hard
Was it all a blunder
Or were all those years I spent
Head in clouds heaven-sent?

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Gotta learn to walk before you run
You flew before you learned either one

[Chorus]
Now you're gone
You're gone
Now you're gone
You're gone

[Verse 2]
Tangled in you
I aimed for the wild blue
When I hit the ground
What a bitter earth I found
Kites without strings
They fly on to bigger things
But you brought me down
You were determined, I stayed bound, yeah

[Pre-Chorus 2]
You can't fly away from who you are
You tried and you drifted way too far

[Chorus]
Now you're gone
You're gone
Now you're gone
You're gone

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus 3]
Flying on the ground is always wrong
I let it go, but you kept holding on

[Chorus]
Now you're gone
You're gone
Now you're gone
Ooh, you're gone, yeah
Now you're gone
You're gone
Now you're gone
Ooh, you're gone, yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Spoken Outro: Roe]
Yeah! Whoo! Thank you.

[David Leonhardt]
What are we doing, Mark?

[Mark Harmon]
I have no idea.

[Roe]
All right, we're gonna have to slow it down, there's too many requests for these slow, slow.

[Audience member yells something]

[Roe]
We'll get to that. We'll get to that one.