[Verse 1] Caught a morning flight alone, headed southwest. Can’t stand this sticky air. How should I know this city’s ways? Any rundown bar will do. Nothing but women dressed to kill. The liquor’s way too clean for me. Never been my kind of taste. [Verse 2] Everybody’s carrying something inside. None of it’s any business of mine. I could look the other way, But I never could. That’s what makes life such a pain. [Chorus] Leaving everything behind Doesn’t mean you’re finally free. I’m free to fly, on my own. In a town that doesn’t know my name, I’m just another unknown man. [Verse 3] This room has no windows. Only the clock keeps perfect time. As every sense grows numb inside, Looks like I left my feelings behind. All those fancy words mean nothing. Just killing time. [Verse 4] People talk about paradise—what a joke. This worn-out town’s just the ruins of paradise. I could look the other way, But I never could. That’s what makes me so damn difficult. [Chorus] Leaving everything behind Doesn’t mean you’re finally free. I’m free to fly, on my own. Beneath a sky that’s nothing but rain, I just want to see a blue sky. That’s all I want. [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] It’s not that I can’t fly. I just don’t know when. It’s not that I can’t fly. I’ve only forgotten how. [Final Chorus] Leaving everything behind Doesn’t mean you’re finally free. I’m free to fly, on my own. Beneath a sky that’s nothing but rain, I just want to see a blue sky. …That’s all I want. [Outro] It’s not that I can’t fly. I’ve only forgotten how…
