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Fight or Flight

from Snow on the Waves by Meghan Hayes

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lyrics

Daddy put your dark glasses on,
Daddy take the phone off the wall.
And get out tonight.
‘Cause this little girl’s been talking so tall for you,
She’s taken all the falls.
And she knows something ain’t right.

You never learned to fly, and you’ve given up the fight.

CHORUS:
Suddenly the day’s much harder than the night.
Suddenly the dark shines a lot longer than the bright.
You lived your life like there was no end in sight.

…So you never learned to fly, and you’ve given up the fight.

Daddy put on your suit and tie,
And go out looking like the other guys
From all the other homes.
God knows I lock my door up tight,
Push the ghosts away with all my might.
But they are life-long chaperones.

You never learned what’s right, and I don’t think you might.

CHORUS
…You never learned what’s right, and I don’t think you might.

You’re always sneaking round the bend, you don’t know if this ever ends, do you?
You say your heart won’t ever mend but you know I can’t fix that thing for you.
You’re a lovely bastard with a lovely wife but I ain’t gonna sit around and watch my life go
Up in smoke too.

You were the leader of the band back then,
Thought you had a hand that would let you win
When life began to take its toll.
When I sweep my empty heart with a broom,
I can see you up there locked in your room
Smoking getting in the way of your soul.

You thought that there’d be lightning for every kite.

CHORUS (slow)
…You thought that there’d be lightning for every kite.

CHORUS
…You never learned to fly, and you’ve given up the fight.

credits

from Snow on the Waves, released January 1, 2000
Meghan Hayes: guitars, vocals
Tim Smith: bass
Rich Hayes: drums
Shyam Telikicherla: keyboards
Mike Stein: violin

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Meghan Hayes Nashville, Tennessee

Meghan Hayes is a singer-songwriter, Nurse Practitioner and landscape designer living in Nashville, TN. Her most recent record, Seen Enough Leavers, is a bruising post-divorce document of pain, anxiety and loss, that has been lauded as “one of the best Americana albums in recent history.” Hayes is currently interviewing producers for her next record. ... more

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