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Oct 18, 2018 For me, Skyline Pigeon will always be my husband's dying song. He was 42, stage 4 rectal cancer. The song came on my ipod about an hour before he died and suddenly, it was as if I had a portal into his mind. “Turn me loose, from your hands.
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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 Related![]()
From purple into grey
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 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 want to 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 dreams You've left so very far behind Fly away skyline pigeon fly Towards the dreams You've left so very, so very far behind ![]() Comments are closed.
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