Kites Without Strings (Live at the Screem, 1993)

Lyrics

[Spoken Intro: Mike Roe] This is off our new album. We won't tell you what it's called. [Verse 1] I was high Like a kite you pulled me through When you ran I followed you Clipped at the wings You held all my strings I was taught But I never learned a thing [Bridge] Is it any wonder I came crashing down? When I did, I hit solid ground So hard Was it all a blunder Or were all those years I spent Head in clouds heaven-sent? [Pre-Chorus 1] Gotta learn to walk before you run You flew before you learned either one [Chorus] Now you're gone You're gone Now you're gone You're gone [Verse 2] Tangled in you I aimed for the wild blue When I hit the ground What a bitter earth I found Kites without strings They fly on to bigger things But you brought me down You were determined, I stayed bound, yeah [Pre-Chorus 2] You can't fly away from who you are You tried and you drifted way too far [Chorus] Now you're gone You're gone Now you're gone You're gone [Guitar Solo] [Pre-Chorus 3] Flying on the ground is always wrong I let it go, but you kept holding on [Chorus] Now you're gone You're gone Now you're gone Ooh, you're gone, yeah Now you're gone You're gone Now you're gone Ooh, you're gone, yeah [Guitar Solo] [Spoken Outro: Roe] Yeah! Whoo! Thank you. [David Leonhardt] What are we doing, Mark? [Mark Harmon] I have no idea. [Roe] All right, we're gonna have to slow it down, there's too many requests for these slow, slow. [Audience member yells something] [Roe] We'll get to that. We'll get to that one.