High Flying Bird
Composer(s): Billy Ed Wheeler
Performer(s): Richie Havens;
and various other artists



There's a high flying bird, flying way up in the sky....
and I wonder if she looks down as she goes on by
well, she's flying so free and easy in the sky
lord look at me, I'm rooted like a tree
got those sit down , can't cry, Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues

Now the sun, it comes up and it lights up the day
and when he gets tired, lord goes on down his way
to the east and to the west, he meets God everyday
Lord look at me, I'm rooted like a tree...
got the sit down , can't cry, Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues

Now I had a woman, Lord she lived down by the mine
she ain't never seen the sun Oh, Lord, never stopped crying
then one day my woman, up and died
Lord she up and died now....oh lord she up and died now
Hey, she wanted to fly and the only way to fly is die, die, die.....

Well, there's a high flying bird, flying way up in the sky....
and I wonder if she looks down as she goes on by
well, she's flying so free and easy in the sky
Hey, lord look at me, I'm rooted like a tree
Got those sit down , can't cry, Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues
Got those sit down , can't cry, Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues
Hey, Yeah, Hey, Yeah....