Learning To Fly (Live)

Into the distance a ribbon of black

Stretched to the point of no turning back

A flight of fancy on a windswept field

Standing alone my senses reeled

A fatal attraction holding me fast how

Can I escape this irresistible grasp

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies

Tongue tied and twisted Just an earth bound misfit I

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings

Unheeded warnings I thought I thought of everything

No navigator to guide my way home

Unladened empty and turned to stone

A soul in tension that's learning to fly

Condition grounded but determined to try

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies

Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit I

Friction lock - set

Mixture - rich

Propellers - fully forward

Flaps - set - 10 degrees

Engine gauges and suction - check

Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck

Flight instruments

Altimeters - check both

(garbled word) - on

Navigation lights - on

Strobes - on

(to tower): Confirm 3-8-Echo ready for departure

(tower): Hello again this is now 129 4

(to tower): 129 4 It's to go

(tower): You may commence your takeoff winds over 10 knots

(to tower): 3-8-Echo

Easy on the brakes Take it easy Its gonna roll this time

Just hand the power gradually and it

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer

My grubby halo a vapour trail in the empty air

Across the clouds I see my shadow fly

Out of the corner of my watering eye

A dream unthreatened by the morning light

Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

There's no sensation to compare with this

Suspended animation A state of bliss

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies

Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit I