In These Skies
as the en - gine start
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and then stum - bles
pro - pel - ler wind blow-ing There's a strong
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As I check the tail and the rud-ders
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to get mov-ing now that she just can't wait
There's a bang
One more tug
and she spits
Then she jumps
then a rum - ble
now she's go - ing
and she sput - ters
like she's prov - ing
Down the field
gain - ing
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speed
pull her up
All my
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life
there she goes Oh!
there she goes
there's been
birdsI
one de -
si
-
re
Just to
free
- y for bat-tle I can tell she's read
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fly
like the
In these skies
There's a shake
With a roar That's like thun - der
With these wings I am climb - ing high - er see
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I am
there's a
rat - tle
that she e - ven flies is a wond - er
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of wood and of wi - re With a chance of catch - ing on fi re All the risks are worth tak - ing Made
the as she leaves
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ground and is break - ing
not a Up a - bove
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Oh! free
road to
guide me
to free
Through these
free
I am
In these skies
I am
And now folks be - low me And I I see those
clouds
With this thrill and this joy in - side me roam
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know won -der if they
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That just by be - ing there they show me
like me can far a sim -ple man go
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All my life
I've had
one de - si - re
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Just to
- ing high - er With these wings I am climb
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like the
In these skies
call - ing
birds I
see
I am free
how Just
I have found my In these skies
fly
Oh!
More com - plete
than a
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man
Let me
In these skies
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free
free
In these skies
I
am free
fall - ing
I am
fear of
In these skies
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with - out
rise
should be
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5
I
am