High Flyin' Bird Lyrics

There's a high flyin' bird,
way up in the sky,
And I wonder if she looks down,
as she flys on by?
Well, she's floating
so free and easy in the sky.
Oh, look at me here,
I'm just rooted like a tree here,
I got down, sit down, can't cry
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues.

When the sun comes upon,
she lights up the day,
And then when she gets tired,
she goes passing on, on her way,
From the east to the west,
She goes down every day.

Lord, look at me here,
I'm just rooted like a tree here,
I got down, sit down, can't cry
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues.
Well, I once knew a man
He worked in a mine,
Well, he never saw the sun,
But then he never stopped trying.

Then one day, that old man
He up and he died,
Yeah, he up and he died,
He up and he died,

Well, he wanted to fly,
And the only way to fly is dying,
Lord I'm gonna die,
Lord I'm gonna die,
Lord I'm gonna die,
There's a high flyin' bird,
way up in the sky,
I wonder if she looks down,
As she flys on by?
She's flying so free and easy in the sky.

Look at me here,
I'm just rooted like a tree here,
I got down, sit down, can't cry
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues

Lord, I'm gonna die,
I know I'm gonna die,
Lord, I'm gonna die,
Gonna die, I'm gonna die