[00:00.35]High Flying Bird - Elton John [00:01.05]Lyrics by:Elton John [00:01.86]Composed by:Bernie Taupin [00:14.98]You wore a little 'cross of gold around your neck [00:22.84]I saw it as you flew between my reason [00:29.91]Like a raven in the night time when you left [00:37.27]I wear a chain upon my wrist that bears no name [00:47.08]You touched it and you wore it [00:52.29]And you kept it in your pillow all the same [00:58.27]My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms [01:05.68]I thought myself her keeper [01:09.67]She thought I meant her harm [01:13.48]She thought I was the archer [01:17.07]A weather man of words [01:21.06]But I could never shoot down [01:28.38]My high-flying bird [01:38.15]The white walls of your dressing room are stained in scarlet red [01:45.71]You bled upon the cold stone like a young man [01:54.69]In the foreign field of death [02:00.83]Wouldn't it be wonderful is all I heard you say [02:07.85]You never closed your eyes at night and learned to love daylight [02:17.89]Instead you moved away [02:21.46]My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms [02:29.32]I thought myself her keeper [02:32.91]She thought I meant her harm [02:36.77]She thought I was the archer [02:40.41]A weather man of words [02:44.22]But I could never shoot down [02:51.73]My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms [02:59.33]I thought myself her keeper [03:03.09]She thought I meant her harm [03:07.03]She thought I was the archer [03:10.82]A weather man of words [03:14.62]But I could never shoot down [03:22.04]My high-flying bird [03:31.70]My high-flying high-flying bird [03:38.94]My high-flying high-flying bird [03:46.42]My high-flying high-flying bird [03:53.91]My high-flying high-flying bird