Broken Wings

Song Broken Wings
Artist Sage Francis
Album Personal Journals

Lyrics

[00:09.75] She's a fairy with broken wings
[00:12.08] I used to watch her perform
[00:13.70] And if she hears me I hope she sings songs
[00:15.67] That had me going right back
[00:16.97] Couldn't find anyone in town to talk
[00:18.66] Bout how no one like that
[00:19.75] Should be confined to the ground we walk
[00:21.46] She glides but just seems like she floats
[00:23.41] And these folks decide to crush her wings
[00:25.35] Until they're permanently broke
[00:26.57] She rides gusts of wind just by the way she spoke
[00:29.21] She cries but loves to sing songs of freedom and hope
[00:31.98] On the eastside hustling
[00:33.21] Discussing things that we quote
[00:34.53] In shallow conversation as if we have deep throats
[00:36.94] We chokin' on confusion
[00:38.32] Now show up as a heat stroke of we need coats
[00:40.50] Trading in our cheap jokes for her c notes
[00:42.28] I see notes being passed
[00:43.63] I ask to see what these creeps wrote
[00:45.09] Define silly kids and flying privileges revoked
[00:47.78] Ski slopes have been blocked off they can't transit
[00:50.25] Had weights tied to her ankles
[00:51.80] She most definitely can't skip
[00:53.27] Town, shes held down by the transcripts my hands grip
[00:55.87] Tried to tie her wings back on
[00:57.19] Before they're once again clipped
[00:58.60] Panic stricken, she'll remain stuck
[01:00.95] On a Titantic sinkin', she's trying to stay up
[01:03.51] Change her plan thinkin' it's OK
[01:05.42] See this is strange but
[01:06.46] Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in a way
[01:08.18] That kept them chained up
[01:09.32] I'd like to see
[01:10.05] Her take flight into the stars
[01:11.58] Instead of letting her fly free they keep her in jars
[01:14.16] Instead of letting fly free they keep 'em in jars
[01:16.77] I put my hand to the glass so hard
[01:18.42] It might break the prison bars
[01:19.83] It isn't hard to see why they keep her captive
[01:21.65] Shes naturally attractive
[01:23.01] Speaks with adlibs, shes uncommonly talented
[01:24.99] Ain't enough adjectives to do her disposition justice
[01:27.69] Kids are wishin' for just a kiss
[01:29.10] And it's a mission to touch her lipstick
[01:30.50] Can't trust her with
[01:31.29] Freedom of movement that's a chance to loose her quick
[01:33.33] If she ups and splits
[01:34.19] We might as well call that discussion quits
[01:36.05] If we's to keep her down the government's underlings
[01:38.31] Enslave people in this town especially
[01:40.10] If their culture's rich
[01:41.13] Exploiting talents making it do a bunch of tricks
[01:43.28] With the rest of the wingless imports
[01:44.86] Repeatedly told you ain't a fairy just a bitch
[01:47.06] Just a bitch, with a butt that's thick
[01:48.78] So rub your tits, and thrust your hips
[01:51.42] And suck my dick, and run your shit
[01:54.04] And run your shit, and run your shit
[01:57.05] Shes a fairy with broken wings
[01:58.68] I used to go watch her perform
[02:00.34] And if she hears me I hope she sings songs
[02:02.41] That had me going right back
[02:03.62] Couldn't find anyone in town to talk
[02:05.32] Bout how no one like that
[02:06.41] Should be confined to the ground
[02:07.69] When I was down in New York she'd send me letters
[02:09.88] And I read her passages about
[02:11.26] How I left her to the savages
[02:12.85] No matter how sad it is I didn't cry
[02:14.99] Cause it was only a matter of time
[02:16.44] Before they figured me out and tried to strip my pride
[02:18.37] I knew the scoop
[02:19.09] Wish you could've seen the blueprints in my eye
[02:21.03] When I flew the coop
[02:21.79] Utilizing overground railroads in the sky
[02:24.07] It was live or die let me let you in on the secret of mine
[02:26.64] Me and you are different girl
[02:28.02] We don't even need wings to fly
[02:33.74] We don't need wings to fly
[02:37.93] Me and you we don't need wings to fly
[02:40.42] Keep on singing, give it a try, give it a try
[02:42.74] Just keep on singing, give it a try, give it a try
[02:45.30] Just keep on singing, give it a try, give it a try
[02:48.18] Just keep on singing, give it a try, give it a try
[02:50.79] Just keep on singing, give it a try, give it a try
[02:53.52] Just keep on singing, give it a try, give it a try