Red Wing
Recorded by the Steel Wheels
[Verse 1]
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In the summer sun in nineteen eighty one
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The day was long till I heard the song whistle like the wind
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And I was standing there dust was flying through the air
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Like days before when we believed in things we couldn't see
[Chorus]
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Oh my red wing take me softly
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To my home now to my family
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Oh my red wing hold me closely
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Take me under the brightest sun
[Verse 2]
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When the day is done and another night has come
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I'll rest my weary bones and pray the bird I love hasn't flown away
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And I recall again that to my kindest friends
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The ground below will be set free and with my love I'll be
[Chorus]
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Oh my red wing take me softly
D7 G
To my home now to my family
C G
Oh my red wing hold me closely
D7 G
Take me under the brightest sun
[Verse 3]
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Money she has none she was never one
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Buy metal wings or death machines or anything between
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And when my time has come and all my days are done
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If heaven waits we'll breach the gates on her wings we'll be one
[Chorus]
C G
Oh my red wing take me softly
D7 G
To my home now to my family
C G
Oh my red wing hold me closely
D7 G
Take me under the brightest sun
[Chorus]
C G
Oh my red wing take me softly
D7 G
To my home now to my family
C G
Oh my red wing hold me closely
D7 G
Take me under the setting sun