To Live Is To Fly

Townes van Zandt

GWon't say I Dlove you babe
GWon't say I Dneed you babe
DBut I'm going to Aget you babe
and I Gwill not do you Dwrong

GLiving's mostly Dwasting time
Gand I waste my Dshare of mine
Dbut it never Afeels too good
so Glet's not take too Dlong

You're Gsoft as Dglass and I'm a Ggentle Aman
Dwe got the sky to Atalk about
and the Gworld to lie Dupon

GDays up and Ddown they come
Glike rain on a Dconga drum
Dforget most, Aremember some
Gbut don't turn none aDway.

GEverything is Dnot enough
Gnothing is too Dmuch to bear
Dwhere you been is Agood and gone
all you Gkeep's the getting Dthere.

To Glive is to Dfly, both Glow and Ahigh
so Dshake the dust Aoff of your wings
and the Gsleep out of your Deyes.

It's goodbye to all my friends
It's time to go again
Think of all the poetry
and the pickin' down the line.

I'll miss the system here
the bottom's low and the treble's clear
but it don't pay to think too much
on the things you leave behind.

I may be gone but I won't be long
I'll be bringing back the melody
and the rhythm that I find.

We all got holes to fill
and them holes are all that's real
some fall on you like a storm
sometimes you dig your own

But choice is yours to make
time is yours to take
some dive into the sea
some toil upon the stone.

To Glive is to Dfly, both Glow and Ahigh
so Dshake the dust Aoff of your wings
and the Gsleep out of your Deyes.