Learning To Fly - Pink Floyd
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Em
Stretched to the point of no turning back
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A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Em
Standing alone my senses reel
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A fatal attraction is holding me fast
Em
How can I escape this irresistible grasp?
[Chorus]
C Am
Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky
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Tongue-tied and twisted
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Just an earth-bound misfit, I
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
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Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
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No navigator to find my way home
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Unladen, empty and turned to stone
[Chorus]
C Am
A soul in tension that's learning to fly
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Condition grounded but determined to try
C Am
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
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Tongue-tied and twisted
C D G
Just an earth-bound misfit, I
[Cockpit Chatter]
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Friction lock, set
Mixtures, rich
Propellers, fully forward
Flaps, set, ten degrees
Engine gauges and suction, check
Mixture set to maximum percent, recheck
Flight instruments
Altimeters, check both
Fuel pumps, on
Navigation lights, on
Strobes, on
Confirm three-eight-echo ready for departure
Hello again, this is now 129.4
129.4, it's to go
You may commence your takeoff, winds over ten knots
Three-eight-echo
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Easy on the brakes, take it easy, its gonna roll this time
Just hand the power gradually, and it
[Verse 3]
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Above the planet on a wing and a prayer
Em
My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air
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Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Em
Out of the corner of my watering eye
[Verse 4]
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A dream unthreatened by the morning light
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Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
[Chorus]
C Am
There's no sensation to compare with this
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Suspended animation, a state of bliss
C Am
Can't keep my mind from the circling sky
F
Tongue-tied and twisted
C D G
Just an earth-bound misfit, I
[Outro]
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