Broken Wings

Words and Music by Raccoon

As recorded on White Horse Ranch Sessions

 

 

I got two broken wings and I can’t fly

I lost my directions when I fell from the sky

I need a place to stop and mend my broken bones

Before I find my way back to my mountain top home

 

Oh, it’s been a long time since I looked in the eyes of a friend

Oh, it’s been a long time – I thought my quest would never end

 

The only way to bring me down is fill me fulla holes

But you can’t stop my soaring soul

Here I go – I’m flyin' to the sun

And I’m not the only one

There’s many people there that you’ve never seen before

You never really cared enough to open up your doors

 

And oh, it’s been a long time

You gotta keep on flying high

Oh, it’s been a long time

You gotta try till you die

 

Time’s like a mountaintop that’s been weather worn to the ground

I’m not quite so tall anymore but I sure have spread around

 

Oh, time, time, time

It steals your youth – It robs you blind

Oh, time, time, time

It heals all wounds – Is it gonna heal mine?

 

I’ve got two broken wings and I can’t fly

I lost my directions when I fell from the sky

I need a place to stop and mend my broken bones

Before I find my way back to my mountain top home

 

And I got time

I got time

 

It won’t be long now before I am dead

Please take my feathers and stick 'em in some rich lady’s head

But I got time

I got time