Fly Free
Copyright 2013
lyrics by Gail Swain

Chorus:
Fly free, my one
may you rise to meet the sun.
Let the wind stretch your wings
your only boundary, the horizon.
We have helped you grow,
and have always loved you so,
but now the time has come 
to let you go.


Verse I
From your very first day until this one
this home was full of youth.
Picking up was never done
as you searched for your life's truth.
Now there's a quietness in the air
in the place where you once played.
Those who taught you how to share
know your tide can't be delayed.

Chorus

Verse 2
 
Posters and photos on every wall
tell their stories to an empty room.
Walking down an empty hall,
we miss your child-like bloom.
Teenage clutter is all gone now.
Milk lasts for more than a day.
Still I sit and wonder how
you'll find your place along the way.


Verse 3 
We have done what we need to do
to prepare you come what may.
No hearts can love more than we two
As we watch you fly away.
And though we ache  and sigh
we're so proud of your new wings.
Your grace will fill the bright blue sky...
As you find what your life brings.
 
Chorus
with last line tagged
"but now the time has come to let you go."


Chorus changes (note: the recording is in F-, not A-)
A-9 G/A D/A Am 2x
G/A D/A G/A D/A x2
Cmaj7 D Am

Verse changes
A- E- B- F
A- C B- E-
A- E- B- E-
A- G G B- F F