(Paul Brandt/Jon Vezner)
Seven years old in my radio flyer
And cape tied around my neck
Top of Thompson's hill
Billy said I was a liar
And now I'm scared half to death
Becky said Billy was dumb
I shouldn't listen to him
But I had something to prove
Ain't nobody gonna call me a chicken
Gotta do what you gotta do
I'm gonna fly
Defy space and gravity
I'm gonna fly
Billy just you wait and see
I was just a kid
Barely eighteen years
And I couldn't wait to graduate
Confident cocky and man it really got me
When I heard my daddy say
You oughta get some knowledge
You gotta go to college
Gotta make something of your life
But I had to do it my way
So I headed for the highway
And I followed those little white lines
I'm gonna fly
Defy space and gravity
I'm gonna fly
Makin' my own destiny
Well I crashed and I burned
But I don't regret it
You only fail if you don't try
Gonna brush off the ashes
And just forget it
I ain't perfect yeah
But you can bet someday
I'm gonna get my wings and fly
I'm gonna fly
Defy space and gravity
I'm gonna fly
Yeah you just got to believeI been a-workin' from seven, baby, to eleven ev'ry night
It really makes life a drag
I don't think that's right
I've really b-b-been b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-best of fools, ohhh ohhh
Yeah, but you know I did what I could, yeah-oh
Said oh, I love you, baby
Oh, I love you, baby
Oh, I love you
Little girl, ohhh
But baby, since I've been loving you, yeah
Im about to lose, oh, oh, my worried mind
Everybody is trying to tell me
Ooooooh ooooooooooh, that yoou didn't mean me no good, no
But I've tried, I've tried, I've tried, I've tried, ohhhhhhh
I've tried to do the best I could
I've been a-working, I've been a-working, ooh, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,
to eleven every night
You're such a drag, you're such a drag, you're such a drag, you're such a drag
You know, I don't, I don't, I don't think that's right
Baby, since I've been loving you now
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm gonna lose it, my worried mind, don't make me lose it
--Guitar Solo--
Ohhhh, baby
I've been crying, ohh ohh ohh
All my tears, they fell like rain, oh hoh hoh hoh
Oh, stop these tears from falling
Mama, stop these tears from fallin'
A-do you remember, mama, when I knocked upon your door
You had the nerve to tell me
You didn't want me no more
I open my door, hear my back door slam, yeah
I said, "Hey baby, I got a
New fangled back door man"
I've been working from seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
seven, seven, yeah
You're such a drag
Oh yeah, I know such a drag
Oh yeah, I know such a drag
You're such a drag
You're such a drag
You such a drag
You such a drag
Ahhhhhh
Baby, since I've been loving you
I'm about to lose, ah yeah, my worried mind
Oh, just one more
Just one more
Oh, yeah
Oooh, don't make me lose it
Please don't make me lose
My worried mind, yeah
Oooh-oooh-ohhh, yeah