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Paper Wings (country)

from Songs for Placement and Licensing by Ira Marlowe

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PAPER WINGS

Well I think I’m gonna go
To a little place I know
And sit back in a corner in the dark
And have myself a few
Give myself a talking to
And come up with a reason
For this boy to keep believin’
Everybody’s tellin’ me to smile
But they don’t know
No, they don’t know

These paper wings that let you fly
If you’re brave enough to try
And I got up in the air
and I was somewhere
This kind of world that leads you on
With its stories and its songs
Of love and magic things
Pretty words that float on paper wings


I can hear them even now
“Get your head out of the clouds
And two feet on the ground where they belong.”
And I thought I’d finally learned
Til I stumbled into her
Then everything I thought I knew was gone
All in all I shouldn’t be surprised
To watch her go
From far below

These paper wings that wouldn’t fly
I was fool enough to try
But I got up in the air
And I was somewhere
This kind of world that leads you on
With its stories and its songs
Of love and magic things
Like everybody sings
But some of us are bound
to tumble to the ground
on paper wings

Yeah, some of us are bound
to tumble to the ground
on paper wings

© 2011 Ira Marlowe/Slow reveal Music (BMI)

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from Songs for Placement and Licensing, track released August 2, 2011

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Ira Marlowe

Ira Marlowe's songs have appeared in indy films, been featured on NPR and Dr. Demento, and received a Parent's Choice Award. He's taught songwriting at UC Berkeley and penned the tunes for four shows by a Tony-winning theatre troupe.

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