Rocketbird

from Sitting on the Launchpad by Freefall Rescue

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Way back when as a young man
When you picked me out and we shook hands
You pointed up and said,
“I’ll give it all I got, if you give it all you got”
And extended your final wave
And you climbed like a renegade
While carrying all of my faith
And giving all you got,
And maybe I’m not, maybe I’m not

Way away up there, hey Traveller
Tiny diamond fading from the earth
Can you see me waving from the dirt?
Fly fly away (fly fly away)
Fly fly away, Rocketbird

A look down below, and how we’re all so small
How could I make any waves - even giving all I got?
Don’t you know, I’m just one man oh
But I know you take me oh so serious - enough to believe
That maybe I’m not, maybe I’m not*
(*that maybe he’s not just simply “one man”...but rather that he could do great things)

Way away up there, hey Traveller
Tiny diamond fading from the earth
Can you hear me calling out the words?
Fly fly away (fly fly away)
Godspeed you may, to the top of the universe

You fly away to save us all, but we don’t need a miracle
Were we all to blind to know, that we don’t need a miracle?
Just place your hand inside of mine, we’ll never need a miracle

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from Sitting on the Launchpad, released August 19, 2022
Written, performed, produced, and recorded by Freefall Rescue in Los Angeles, CA.
Additional recording by Josh "Cartier " Cutsinger (Hayloft Studios).
Mixed by Martin Cooke.
Mastered by Ian Sefchick.

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