If Souls Have Wings
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There's a bird in the wood,
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lying still as she could
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waiting for death
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to come.
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She has a wound to her heart,
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a wing badly broken,
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she lay in her blood
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and she sings:
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If souls have wings
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I'll be flying again.
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Soon I'll be flying
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again.
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And now the forest trees
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are dropping their leaves,
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a blanket of warmth
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for the night.
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And a star shines down,
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into her eyes,
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she remembers the light
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and she sings:
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If souls have wings
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I'll be flying again.
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Soon I'll be flying
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again.
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Only God knows
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to come for those
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with wings that will carry
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them home.
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And you know, not when
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you'll be flying again.
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Soon, you'll be flying
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again.
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For the night seems long
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as she waits for the dawn,
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and takes in the last
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of her breath.
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So, she tries to hold strong,
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but what if she's wrong,
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and there's nothing that comes
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after death.
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Still she lifts her head high
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reaches up to the sky,
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And with one final cry,
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she sings:
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If souls have wings
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I'll be flying again.
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Soon I'll be flying
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again.
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Only God knows
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to come for those
F
with wings that will carry
E
them home.
C
And you know, not when
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you'll be flying again.
F E
Soon, you'll be flying
Am
again.
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When her song was sung,
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a silence hung,
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and her body lay lifeless
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and cold.
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Then the forest trees,
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bowed to the breeze,
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that came for the little
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bird's soul.
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And with one mighty breath
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she awoke from her death,
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to fly toward the sky
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and sing:
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My soul has wings and
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I'm flying again.
F E
Look at me flying
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again.
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Only God knows
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to come for those
F
with wings that will carry
E
them home.
C
And you know, not when
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you'll be flying again.
F E
Soon, you'll be flying
Am
again.