[Lyric] High Flying Bird (Carolyn Hester)

[Verse 1]
There's a high flyin' bird
Way up in the sky
And I wonder does he look down
As he flies on by
He's ridin' on the air
So easy in the sky

[Chorus]
But Lord, look at me here
I'm rooted like a tree here
I've got the sit down, I can't cry
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues

[Verse 2]
Now, the sun comes along
Oh Lord, it lights up the day
And when he gets tired
He slides on over the way
Oh, it's east to the west
And he gets born ev'ry day
[Chorus]
Well, Lord, look at me here
I'm rooted like a tree here
I've got the sit down, I can't cry
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues

[Verse 3]
I had a man
And he lived in the mine
Now, he never saw the sun
But he never stopped tryin'
And then one day
My man up and died

[Chorus]
I said my man up and died
Yes, my man up and died
Well, he wanted to fly
And the only way to fly was to die

[Verse 4]
There's a high flyin' bird
Way up in the sky
And I wonder does he look down
As he flies on by
He's ridin' on the air
So easy in the sky
[Chorus]
Well, Lord, look at me here
I'm rooted like a tree here
I've got the sit down, I can't cry
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues