Elton John - Skyline Pigeon lyrics

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
Thinking of the way that the
Wind can turn the tide
And these shadows turn from purple into grey

For just a Skyline Pigeon
Dreaming of the open waiting for the day
He can spread his wings fly away again

Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
Towards the dreams you've left
So very far behind
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
Towards the dreams you've left
So very far behind

Just let me wake up in the morning
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

For just a Skyline Pigeon
Dreaming of the open waiting for the day
He can spread his wings and fly away again

Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
Towards the things you've left
So very far behind
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
Towards the things you've left so very
So very far behind