Lyrics to
Flyin’ High (In The Friendly Sky)

This version of Flyin’ High (In The Friendly Sky) was released by Marvin Gaye in 1971.

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Flying high in the friendly sky
Flying high without ever leavin’ the ground, no
Rest of the folks are tired and weary
Oh Lord, and have laid their bodies down.
I go the place where danger awaits me
and it’s bound to forsake me.
So stupid minded.
I can’t help it
oh ya, so stupid minded.
But I go crazy when I can’t find it,
In the morning, I’ll be alright, my friend.
But soon the night will bring the pains,
The pain, oh the pain
Flying high in the friendly sky
Without ever leaving the ground
And I ain’t seen nothing but trouble baby
Nobody really understands, no no
And I go to the place where the good feelin’ awaits me
Selfdestruction in my hand
Oh Lord, so stupid minded
Oh and I go crazy when I can’t find it
Well I know I’m hooked my friend
To the boy who makes slaves out of men.
And oh beleive me
Flying high in a friendly sky
Oh baby, flyin’ high

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Flyin’ High (In The Friendly Sky), you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Marvin Gaye. Some of the lyrics to Flyin’ High (In The Friendly Sky) have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Marvin Gaye and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Flyin’ High (In The Friendly Sky) if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Flyin’ High (In The Friendly Sky)" means the words set to the music of Flyin’ High (In The Friendly Sky), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Marvin Gaye. 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 Flyin’ High (In The Friendly Sky) and the lyrics to Flyin’ High (In The Friendly Sky) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Marvin Gaye who came here looking just for the lyrics to Flyin’ High (In The Friendly Sky), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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