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High Flying Bird - Elton John

Album: Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player

genre: Rock

You wore a little cross of gold around your neck
I saw it as you flew between my reason
Like a raven in the night time when you left
I wear a chain upon my wrist that bears no name
You touched it and you wore it
And you kept it in your pillow all the same

My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms
I thought myself her keeper
She thought I meant her harm
She thought I was the archer
A weather man of words
But I could never shoot down
My high-flying bird

The white walls of your dressing room are stained in scarlet red
You bled upon the cold stone like a young man
In the foreign field of death
Wouldn’t it be wonderful is all I heard you say
You never closed your eyes at night and learned to love daylight
Instead you moved away

My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms
I thought myself her keeper
She thought I meant her harm
She thought I was the archer
A weather man of words
But I could never shoot down
My high-flying bird [x2]

My high-flying bird [x4]

Photo Credit: Discogs

Lyrics added by Bianca G.

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After being played in the initial album tours, Elton rediscovered the song in the mid 2000's, calling it one of his favorites.
Song details
  • Co-Production: Gus Dudgeon
  • Composition: Bernie Taupin and Elton John
  • Vocals: Elton John
  • Release Date: 26 January 1973
It was used in the first season of the series Californication.