Lyrics

[Intro] Good evening, your Royal Highness Ladies and gentlemen Uh well, what the plan is tonight is we We thought we'd do an evening of sort of nostalgia Or semi-nostalgia and go back through Some of our earlier albums Starting with the first one which was Empty Sky I'm just gon' take me ring off And this one is a song which was the first song That Bernie and I ever really Felt excited about that we ever wrote And it's called 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 For this dark and lonely room Projects a shadow cast in gloom And my eyes are mirrors of the world outside Thinkin' of the way That the wind can turn the tide And these shadows turn from purple into grey [Refrain] For just a skyline pigeon Dreamin' of the open Waiting for the day that he can spread his wings And fly away again [Chorus] Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly Towards the things you left so very far behind Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly Towards the things you left so very far behind [Verse 2] Let me wake up in the mornin' 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 Dreamin' of the open Waiting for the day That he can spread his wings And fly away again [Chorus] Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly Towards the things you left so very far behind Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly Towards the things you left so very far behind