Skyline Pigeon

[Verse 1]

Turn me loose from your hands

Let me fly to distant lands

Over green fields, trees and mountains

Flowers and forest fountains

Home along the lanes of the skyway

[Verse 2]

For this dark and lonely room

Projects a shadow cast in gloom

And my eyes are mirrors of the world outside

Thinking of the way that the wind can turn the tide

And these shadows turn from purple into grey

[Refrain]

For just a skyline pigeon

Dreaming of the open

Waiting for the day

He can spread his wings

Fly away again

[Chorus]

Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly

Towards the dreams you've left so very far behind

Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly

Towards the dreams you've left so very far behind

[Verse 3]

Just let me wake up in the morning

To the smell of new mown hay

To laugh and cry, to live and die

In the brightness of my day

I wanna hear the pealing bells of distant churches sing

But most of all, please free me from this aching metal ring

And open out this cage towards the sun

[Refrain]

For just a skyline pigeon

Dreaming of the open

Waiting for the day

He can spread his wings

And fly away again

[Chorus]

Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly

Towards the things you've left so very far behind

Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly

Towards the things you've left so very, so very far behind