Earn My Wings

from Another Road by Charlie Monterey

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lyrics

The sun came out for once today
With a feeble light like it didn’t know what to say
Nice to know that someone up there understands
The way things can be after days of gray

I feel like a year ago
I thought that I’d gone farther down this road
This must be a circle ‘cause you know I can’t believe
I could work so hard and end up walking slow
REFRAIN:
I’m just trying to earn my wings
I’m just trying to earn my wings
I’m just trying to earn my wings
So I can fly away some where

Sometimes we come to fear the worst
When it happens we still feel like we’re cursed
Someone out there tell me why it has to be that way
Someone show me a bubble that won’t burst

A man I don’t know smiled at me today
He was just passing by, and I didn’t know what to say
What is it in a person makes him do such a thing
When it’s easy just to the look the other way
REFRAIN: Last line: So I can fly away some day

Sometimes it doesn’t seem so bad
Sometimes it seems like I’ve been had
And lately as I wander with my lantern held up high
How come everyone I meet out here is sad

Maybe I will get there after all
Maybe it’s the journey that’s the call
I still have my moments when it’s hard to see the sky
When you’re walking you don’t have far to fall
REFRAIN: Last Line: For the day I have to fly away

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from Another Road, released January 30, 2005
John Finan: High guitar, bass, percussion. vocals. Leslie Frederick: vocals.

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Charlie Monterey Warren, Michigan

Singer/songwriter and guitarist from metro Detroit, Michigan. Generally mellow sort of folkish songs, relatively minimal arrangements.

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