We Could Fly
Rhiannon Giddens"We Could Fly" is a song by Rhiannon Giddens, released in 2017 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:35 long and contains 38 lines and 299 words.
Lyrics
0:04Mama dear mama look in yonder tree
0:11See that pretty little sparrow a lookin' back at me
0:18She can soar above the clouds way up in the sky
0:26She can fly away from here why o why can't I
0:35Daughter dear daughter I'll tell you something true
0:42Remember gran eliza well every night she flew
0:49They tried to keep her down but
0:52There was nothing they could do
0:58She could fly she could fly
1:06She could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high
1:13She could fly across the river
1:17Her spirit in her hands
1:21Searching always searching for the promised land
1:34Mama dear mama mama tell me more
1:41I feel a trembling in my arms I've never felt before
1:49Daughter dear daughter listen what I say
1:56Your granny always told me you'd feel that way some day
2:03'Cause every time she looked at
2:06You she saw the old time ways
2:12When we could fly we could fly
2:20We could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high
2:26We could fly across the mountains
2:31Together hand in hand
2:35Searching always searching for the promised land
3:17Mama dear mama come and stand by me
3:24I feel a lightness in my feet a longing to be free
3:32My heart it is a shakin' with an old old song
3:39I hear the voices sayin' it's time for moving on
3:47She took her mama by the hand
3:50They rose up in the air
3:54They held each other tight and then
3:57They flew away from there
4:02They held each other tight and then they flew away from there
4:10They could fly they could fly
4:18They could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high
4:25They could fly across the ocean
4:29Together hand in hand
4:35Searching always searching for the promised land
Mama dear mama look in yonder tree See that pretty little sparrow a lookin' back at me She can soar above the clouds way up in the sky She can fly away from here why o why can't I Daughter dear daughter I'll tell you something true Remember gran eliza well every night she flew They tried to keep her down but There was nothing they could do She could fly she could fly She could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high She could fly across the river Her spirit in her hands Searching always searching for the promised land Mama dear mama mama tell me more I feel a trembling in my arms I've never felt before Daughter dear daughter listen what I say Your granny always told me you'd feel that way some day 'Cause every time she looked at You she saw the old time ways When we could fly we could fly We could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high We could fly across the mountains Together hand in hand Searching always searching for the promised land Mama dear mama come and stand by me I feel a lightness in my feet a longing to be free My heart it is a shakin' with an old old song I hear the voices sayin' it's time for moving on She took her mama by the hand They rose up in the air They held each other tight and then They flew away from there They held each other tight and then they flew away from there They could fly they could fly They could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high They could fly across the ocean Together hand in hand Searching always searching for the promised land
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