Neil Young

Danger Bird

by Neil Young

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Lyrics

Danger bird, he flies alone

And he rides the wind back to his home

Although his wings have turned to stone

And we used to be so calm

Now I think about you all day long That's the moment that he cracked

'Cause you've been with another man long ago in the museum with his friends.

Here you are and here I am.

The jailbird takes the raps

And he finds himself spread-eagled on the tracks

But the training that he learned will get him nowhere fast.

And I know we should be free (With the rain pounding on his back he recalls)

But freedom's just a prison to me (the moment that he cracked long ago in the museum)

'Cause I lied to keep it kind (with his friends)

When I left you far behind. (And like those memories the rain keeps pounding)

down, down, down

And though these wings have turned to stone

I can fly fly fly away.

Watch me fly above the city

Like a shadow on the sky.

Fly, fly, fly.