Lyrics

There's a high flyin' bird, flyin' way up in the sky
And I wonder if she looks down, as she flies on by
Well, she's flying so freely in the sky
Lord, look at me here
I'm rooted like a tree here
Got those sit down can't fly
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues

Now the sun it comes up and lights up the day
And when he gets tired, Lord, he goes on down his way
East to west, he meets god in the sky everyday
Lord, look at me here
I'm rooted like a tree here
Got those sit down, can't cry
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues

Now I had a woman, Lord, she lived down by the mine
She ain't never seen the sun, Oh Lord, never stopped trying
Then one day my woman up and died
Lord, she up and died now
Oh Lord, she up and died now
She wanted to fly and the only way to fly was to die, die, die

There's a high flyin' bird, flyin' way up in the sky
And I wonder if she looks down, as she flies on by
Well, she's flying so freely in the sky
Lord, look at me here
I'm rooted like a tree here
Got those sit down can't fly
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues

Got those sit down can't fly
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues