SKYLINE PIGEON
Elton John
(E. John & B. Taupin)

Turn me loose from your hand
Let me fly to distant lands
Over greenfields, trees and mountains
Flowers and forest fountains
Home along the lanes of the skyway

For this dark and lonely room
Projects a shadow cast in gloom
And my eyes are mirrors of the world outside
Thinking of the ways that the wind can turn the tide

And these shadows turn from purple into gray
For just this skyline pigeon dreamin' of the open
Waitin' for the day
When he can spread his wings and fly away again

Fly away, skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams you left so very far behind
Fly away, skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams you left so very far behind

Let me wake up in the morning
To the smell of new mown hay
To laugh and cry, to live and die
In the brightness of my day
I wanna hear the pealing bells of distant churches sing
But most of all, please free me from this achin' metal ring

And open up this cage towards the sun
For just this skyline pigeon dreamin' of the open
Waitin' for the day
When he can spread his wings and fly away again

Fly away, skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams you left so very far behind
Fly away, skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams you left so very far behind
Fly away, skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams you left, so very, so very far behind