Wilbur and Orville knew they could fly
They knew they could make it if they'd only try
Now flying's a part of everyone's day
Big shiny birds in the sky
America's love is up in the air
Wheeling and soaring as high as a dare
The birds and the planes and a whole space crew
Sometimes I wish I could soar that way too
But my bird has been broken
And I'm down on the ground
Hey hey I'm broken, but my love has been found
There's a pain in my breast
And I'm down on the ground
My bird has been broken, but my love has been found
To fly through the air with the greatest of ease
Above all the problems, above all the trees
All 'round the world and through history
It's been like a yearning for peace
Well we were the first o'er the fields of Kitty Hawk
A few hundred yards and the dream was unlocked
And now America's love is up in the air
The best planes and brains, as high as a dare
But my bird has been broken, and I'm down on the ground
Hey hey I'm broken, but my love has been found
There's a pain in my breast, and I'm down on the ground
My bird has been broken, but my love has been found
Great clouds in the sky, and freedom's in the air
Purple mountain's majesty and liberty to spare
But after all that, love is in the ground
Crash and survive and you just might be found
Yes my bird has been broken, and I'm down on the ground
Hey hey I'm broken, but my love has been found
There's a pain in my breast, and I'm down on the ground
My bird has been broken, but my love has been found
My bird has been broken, but my love has been found
Linn Brown - string arrangement; Carol DeArmant - bowed acoustic bass; Ned Selfe - pedal steel guitar.
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