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If You Want To Fly You've Got To Let Go

from if you want to fly you've got to let go (2015 10 track album) by Redvers Bailey

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lyrics

after school, after the leavers' ball i went to see the advisor | she asked me, 'what do you want to be?' | i said, 'a singer, is what i've decided.' | she and her staff all had a good laugh | one of them choked on her sandwich | and she chuckled through her tears, 'wow that's not a career, you've got to choose something not as high risk.' | part of me died, tears welled in my eyes | will life really be like this? | i clung to fear as i chose from her list of practical jobs | well i didn't know then || if you want to fly then you've got to let go once in a while || so i cleaned cars i tried to sell photocopiers | my job changed more than my jeans did | and every month that passed i was further down that path | turned out i was the worst hoover salesman that ever lived | i can't count the jobs that i had and i lost | fate was telling me something | i should be a fighter ignore distractions pull all-nighters | make the leap of faith and be a singer songwriter | music was my faith to not have it was a waste | money was a pale substitute | jobs are hard even harder than art | hard to hold onto with music in your heart || if you want to fly then you've got to let go once in a while | i said if you want to fly then you've got to let go once in a while || so i did | i was the pits i didn't know my elbow from my hip | nobody came to my show | but i kept on anyway until one day something amazing | another voice singing the words i bellowed | it was my first real fan and she sang along | well she knew every word | and now you multiply it fills me with joy to hear you sing along like a choir || if you want to fly then you've got to let go once in a while | i said if you want to fly then you've got to let go once in a while || i don't want fame but i would take it if it came | long as i have my vocation | the magic berlin streets you individuals drunks and geeks allow me to sing myself into damnation | so thank you for being a pair of ears | thanks for scaring my fears | i hope you are inspired to follow your dreams and build a life to make you smile || if you want to fly then you've got to let go once in a while

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from if you want to fly you've got to let go (2015 10 track album), released December 7, 2015
written, performed and recorded by redvers bailey in berlin
mastered by peter beckmann at technologyworks mastering

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