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Fly, Fly, Fly

from Rich Man's Dime by Marshall Ruffin

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Well my eyes went wide one morning
When I heard an awful sound
I looked out my window and what did I see
Seven crows were trying to bring an eagle down

Well I hopped out of bed as quick as I could
And I grabbed my 44
I put shoes on my feet and a hat on my head
As I made my way to the door, saying

Fly, fly, fly
You know that if you don't you're surely gonna die
I said fly, fly, fly
Fly, fly, fly

Well my eyes went up into the sky
When I heard that eagle sing
And they fell back to the ground with a feather coming down
You know them seven crows were trying to clip that eagles wings

Well I pointed that gun above my head
And I killed about two or three
But I didn't want to shoot that eagle down
So I had to go and leave her in her misery, saying

Fly, fly, fly
You know that if you don't you're surely gonna die
I said fly, fly, fly
Fly, fly, fly

You know I just couldn't understand
Why she was circling in the breeze
She could've up and flown away
Or hidden down in the trees
But gliding in the distance
Smaller by about a wing
I saw that eagles baby
And I heard its mamma sing, and she was saying

Fly, fly, fly
You know that if you dont youre surely gonna die
I said fly, fly, fly
Fly, fly, fly

I said Fly

Well it didnt take too much longer
Before that that bird was looking mighty lean
And when it fell to the sky well I knew the reason why
Them seven crows had gone and picked that eagle clean

Well when the stopped their happy cawing
And started flying towards that old oak tree
I knew that they had seen that eagles child
And they were making out to reunite the family, I said

So I walked back into the house
And wiped a tear away from my eye
I opened open my window
And held that rifle to the sky
As those tears continued to fall
I put that baby in my aim
And when I heard the shot I knew
Those crows would do the same, so I said

Fly, fly, fly
You know that if you don't you're surely gonna die
I said fly, fly, fly
Fly, fly, fly

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from Rich Man's Dime, released February 19, 2008
Marshall Ruffin: vocal, guitars, banjo
Joe Reda: upright bass
Shawn O’Rourke: percussion

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