AvSport of Lock Haven: It's Flying That I Love

AvSport of Lock Haven -- 353 Proctor Street, Lock Haven PA 17745

It's Flying That I Love
Lyrics Copyright © 2010 by Prof. H. Paul Shuch
Sung to the tune of "The Last Thing On My Mind" © 1964 by Tom Paxton

On the ground, I feel shackled and lonely,
Wonder why, wonder why.
I would feel better if I could only
Touch the sky, touch the sky.
CHORUS:

I am going aloft on aluminum wings,
Gonna soar with the eagle and dove.
Getting lost in the blue, and the solitude it brings;
Aside from you, it's flying that I love.
From my first taste of freedom at fifteen
In that blue and yellow Champ,
Saw my destiny tied down and gleaming
In the sun, out on the ramp.
CHORUS
When the troubles of life weigh upon me,
And I need to unwind,
One short dance in the clouds seems to calm me.
There, it's peace that I find.
CHORUS
I'm no longer at sixes and sevens
Climbing fast, climbing high.
And I know I'll be touching the heavens
'Til the day that I die.
CHORUS
When my days of adventure are over
And my last song is sung,
I'll be thankful my plane and my lover
Made me smile, kept me young.
FINAL CHORUS:

Glad I floated aloft on aluminum wings,
Got to soar with the eagle and dove.
Getting lost in the blue, and the solitude it brings;
Aside from you, it's flying that I love.

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