The Black Flight lyrics
Side 1
Don’t You Let Them Get You Down Tuning: CGCGGD I’m heading for the action I’m looking for a fight I need my satisfaction Want to shoot out all their lights No matter what you do Don’t you let them get you down I’m pushing all the power I’m going all the way We’ve come upon the hour It’ll be my finest day No matter what you do Don’t you let them get you down I’ll try to hold them back Try to put them down I got them in my sights I’ll send them to the ground No matter what you do Don’t you let them get you down
Killin’ Man Tuning: EADGBE I blow up bridges - everyday Man it’s easy - in every way It don’t take a long time - to figure it out What we are doing - what it’s all about I’m a killer baby I’m a killin’ man There were cold crows in a - metal flake sky It’s true villainy - or suicide Headlong to nowhere - oblivion Living and dying - is the only plan I’m a killer, babe I’m a killin’ man I’m a killer, baby I’m a killin’ man I’m 10 inches - of frozen snow Over 10 feet - of a lava flow Men are still sleeping - behind the line I’m flying circles - biding my time I’m a killer, babe I’m a killin’ man I’m a killer, babe I’m a killin’ man
One Last and Lonely Night Tuning: CGDFCE I watched you walking slow across the room The people parted in your path to watch you go And me the refugee You the magic high-heeled bon vivant Oh will you rescue me Will you save my life for just one night? One last and lonely night Ok I hunted you like a coyote I stood among the pines and waited patiently Empty roads and falling stars Could you find a way to ease me down Well I could rescue you I could save your life for just one night One last and lonely night No sad and long goodbyes tonight No tears that walk on down your face I will return I will return to you I was cracked and draggled then A stack of ragged lines You long legged, hair cascading beauty out of time And then we saved ourselves Then we made a world of all our own And soon we’ll live again Soon we’ll make it back to our sweet time One last and lonely night
The Black Flight Tuning: DADFAD Have you heard the news Have you heard the jazz We’re heading out for war They shot him in the streets Oh and we - just - want to do our part Someone’s gotta pay and someone’s gotta make them pay Mother don’t you worry Father don’t you fret Your loving son is gonna go and Get his wings Be it death or glory It’ll be a grand old tale It’ll be a grand old story Early June ‘17 The sky was clear and blue The engines cough, smoke and churn Settle into queue I wonder what they’re doing now All the way back home I’ll see you soon I promise you I want to be returned Oh we climbed into the sky With our backs against the sun They’re coming straight for us We’re heading straight for them Oh we’re all here waiting And nothings really changing A man in black comes down the lane Walking slow but not stopping He’s coming home in a letter He’s coming home light as a feather They say it all has a meaning They say - there’s a cosmic reason They wrote his name’s upon a wall Across the ocean with them all And sure as winter time will come That list of names is never done Now I sing a song Of memories passed from son to son La la la la la la La la la la la la la la And as I carry you You will carry me
A Way Back Home Tuning: EADGBE Well there’s a way back home If you’re looking for one Yeah there’s a way back from all this it’s easy as Just get to thinking That you’re already dead Now you’re living Beyond the confines of your head It’s really hard to spend your day Facing fear, treachery and slaughter Say goodbye to all the plans that you have made Say goodbye to all your promises Say goodbye to the face you’re looking at When you’re standing at your mirror Thinking of a way Well you can free yourself From all of your desires And you can be at peace Never bothered or hassled They say the living All one day must die But those philosophers Won’t look you in the eye As they watch you leave and think “Those poor bastards” Say goodbye to all the plans that you have made Say goodbye to all your promises Say goodbye to the face you’re looking at When you’re standing at your mirror Thinking of a way… back home
Side 2
Northern Girl Tuning: CGCFAC Oh what a laugh she had And her eyes were raven wild She cast a spell on me Would not let me be Staying up all night So if you see her by the riverside Remind her of who I used to be Not so long ago we used to dream we used to live to breathe Now I travel in the distance of her memory She was my northern girl And I her northern boy Remember those days Oh what a way she had Soft and sweet and long and slow She took her time you see And she moved easily Everything at once So now I see her by the riverside She watches the time roll by Not so long ago we used to dream we used to live to breathe Now I travel in the distance of her memory She was my northern girl And I her northern boy Remember those days
Go Easy Tuning: CGDFCE No way to stop where you are going? No way to shut the world right out? “Sometimes you have to beat the devil Sometimes you have to hit right back” Go easy Go easy Can’t bare to think where you’ll be going Can’t bare to say the word farewell So go where you’re going to High up in the azure blue And when you’re done - way over yonder Come on back to where we started Brave, young, and beautiful Smart, strong, and dutiful Someone’s got to do the fighting And how many boys end up dying? Go easy, go easy, go easy, my heart Go easy, go easy, go easy, my heart Woke up in an awful state You were flying away I was falling down Down on the grass Down by our tree It’s just a bad bad dream But it won’t go away It’s just a bad bad dream But it won’t go away Woke up in an awful state I knew right then It didn’t feel right In the dream you smiled And then turned away It’s just a bad bad dream But it won’t go away It’s just a bad bad dream But it won’t go away, away ——- go away, away, go away No way to stop where you are going No way to shut the world right out
Walking the Riverside DADGAD Oh there’s a dripping sun And my time’s not done I got stride Walking the riverside Old man out the way No time to sit and stay I got fight Shoot me up to the sky No more hanging round Hard times are coming down I’m on fire Walking the riverside Got plans, things to do Life’s made for me and you And I’m free Free as a bird you see Free as a bird that’s me
Farewell Voyager Tuning: CGCGGD Farewell my voyager Farewell to you Farewell my voyager Fare thee well to you Gone away Gone away All the dreams that we once had Are now but dreams All the dreams that we once had Now all those dreams seem like dreams Gone away Gone away
A Permanent Wave Tuning: DGDGBD I’m thinking of you and what you meant to me We’re all secrets I know books left to read I’m flying I’m flying I’m flying I can’t let it be Inspiration Fascination Real relations What you gave to me It’s a permanent wave that’s always moving A permanent wave that’s always rolling in I’m no saint and I’m no sinner Just between us I’m a free wheel man And my head is overflowing With the weight of dreams and visions I can’t move the mountain looming But I can climb Climb a thousand miles It’s a permanent wave It’s a permanent wave It’s a permanent wave It’s a permanent wave