Lyrics to
Fly Away

This version of Fly Away was released by 38 Special in 1977.

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When I wake up in the mornin’
I look at the sky up ahead,
and I wonder what it’d be like,
To be there, yes to be there.

Now I can tell you lots o’ stories.
I can tell you how it should be.
But if you wanna find a good life,
Take it from me, yes take it from me.

‘Cause you gotta fly away like the blue bird.
‘Cause you gotta fly away to touch the sun.
‘Cause you gotta fly away come tomorrow.
Can’t cha’ see? Lord, can’t you see?

Now I can’t tell you how to live.
I hope that you can understand.
So when you’re down you have to find a way,
to be a man, yes to be a man.

‘Cause you gotta fly away like the blue bird.
‘Cause you gotta fly away to touch the sun.
‘Cause you gotta fly away come tomorrow.
Can’t you see? Lord, can’t you see?
Fly Away!

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About Lyrics and Fly Away by 38 Special

The lyrics for Fly Away are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by 38 Special. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Fly Away have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Fly Away - 38 Special and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Fly Away by 38 Special in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Fly Away" means the words set to the music of Fly Away, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 38 Special. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Fly Away and the lyrics to Fly Away are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 38 Special who came here looking just for the lyrics to Fly Away, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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