Elton John
Skyline Pigeon lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:57
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
For this dark and lonely room
Projects a shadow cast in gloom
And my eyes are mirrors of the world outside
Thinking of the ways that the wind can turn the tide
And these shadows turn from purple into grey
For just a Skyline Pigeon dreaming of the open
Waiting for the day
That he can spread his wings and fly away again
Fly away, skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams you left so very far behind
Fly away, skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams you left so very far behind
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 want to hear the peeling 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
For just a skyline pigeon dreaming of the open
Waiting for the day
That he can spread his wings and fly away again
Fly away, skyline pigeon fly
Toward the dreams you left so very far behind
Fly away, skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams you left so very...
So very far behind
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Key vocabulary
- morning
- early part of dayA1
- new
- not old; recentA1
- ring
- circle of metal/jewelryA1
- sing
- make music with voiceA1
- sun
- the star that warms EarthA1
- thinking
- using your mindA1
- turn
- rotate or change directionA1
- waiting
- staying until laterA1
- wake
- stop sleeping; wake upA1
- want
- desireA1
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About this song
Elton John is an English singer-songwriter and pianist known for his role in pop rock and piano-driven glam rock. He became famous for the songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin and for a career that produced major chart hits and award-winning performances.