Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album
Released as a UK B-side in January, 1973
E
B/D#
Turn me loose from your hands
A
B
E
Let me fly high to distant lands
F#/A#
A
Over green fields, trees and mountains
E/B
B7
E
Flowers and forest fountains
A
E/B B7 E
Home along the lanes of the skyway
B/D#
For this dark and lonely room
A E/B B7 E
Projects a shadow cast in gloom
F#/A#
And my eyes are mirrors
A
Of the world outside
E/B
Thinking of the way
B7
E
That the wind can turn the tide
A
And these shadows turn
E/B
B7 E
From purple into gray
A
For just this Skyline Pigeon
E/B
B7
Dreaming of the open
E
Waiting for the day
A
He can spread his wings
E/B B7
E
G#7/D#
And fly away again
C#m
D#7
G#m
Fly away skyline pigeon fly
A
Towards the dreams
E/B B7 E
You've left so very far behind
(Repeat from fly away)
Just let me wake up in the morning
G#m/D#
To the smell of new mown hay
A
B7
To laugh and cry, to live and die
E
In the brightness of my day
F#/A#
I want to hear the pealing bells
A
Of distant churches sing
E/B
But most of all please free me
B7
E
From this aching metal ring
A
E/B
B7
E
And open out this cage towards the sun
© 1969 Cookaway Music Limited