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THE ESSENTIAL LYRICAL BEAUTY OF WINGS

by Felipe Neves. “Wings 5.”

LITTLE WING - JIMI HENDRIX

Well, she's walking

Through the clouds

With a circus mind

That's running wild

Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams

And fairy tales

That's all she ever thinks about

Riding with the wind

When I'm sad

She comes to me

With a thousand smiles

She gives to me free

It's alright, she says, it's alright

Take anything you want from me, anything

Anything

Fly on, little wing

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WING - PATTI SMITH

I was a wing in heaven blue

soared over the ocean

soared over Spain

and I was free

needed nobody

it was beautiful

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BROKEN WINGS - MR. MISTER

Take these broken wings

And learn to fly again

Learn to live so free

When we hear the voices sing

The book of love will open up

And let us in

Take these broken wings

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UNTIL THE END OF TIME (WITH SAMPLE OF BROKEN WINGS) - 2PAC

So take, these broken wings

I need your hands to come and heal me once again

(Until the end of time)

So I can fly away, until the end of time

Until the end of time

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WINGS- BIRDY

Oh lights go down

In the moment we're lost and found

I just wanna be by your side

If these wings could fly

Oh damn these walls

In the moment we're ten feet tall

And how you told me after it all

We'd remember tonight

For the rest of our lives

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PAIR OF WINGS - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

If I had a pair of wings

I’d pick you and fly you far away from here

And you’d put your worries upon my shoulders, my dear

And if I had a pair of wings

I’d pick you and fly you far away from here

And we’d fly so high up in the sky

Where the stars are so clear

And then I could save you

From the troubles of the world

And all you’d have to pack is your heart to bring

And there we are, you and me

Flying on a big ol’ pair of wings, mmm

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BLACKBIRD - THE BEATLES

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these broken wings and learn to fly

All your life

You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

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LOVING WINGS - DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

I give to you my everything

You’ve given me these loving wings

And angels have all gathered round

to hear me sing my love out loud

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SPREAD YOUR WINGS - QUEEN

Spread your wings and fly away,
fly away, far away.
Spread your little wings and fly away
fly away, far away.
Pull yourself together,
'cause you know you should do better,
that's because you're a free man.

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SPREAD YOUR WINGS - RADICAL SOMETHING

Pack up your room--head out

Go waving your flag down South

Lil' mama gon' spread your wings

C'mon

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