WEST KEY - The Grey Heron Lyrics

I remember walking
Along the damp stream path
Holding my granny's hand in the falling snow
She said "son look at that gray heron
Standing, so proud and free
Without feeling any anger and any fear"

I said I'll fly away
I said I'll fly away

Mama don't you blame yourself
You did the best you could
You tried to fix a kite made of glass and bones
But it's just like in that old fairy tale
They tell you at the school
The scorpion never reaches the other shore

But I will fly away
I said I'll fly away

Daddy lets go of
Your heavy hand on me
The trembling threads have long since broken
I've tried so hard to follow
The path you've laid out
But somewhere down the highway my car rolled over

So will fly away
I said I'll fly away
(where the river meets the sea)
I said I'll fly away
(Like that grey heron in the woolly breeze)
I said I'll fly away
(And please don't cry for me, I will fly away)
I said I'll fly away