Music: Chan Kinchla
Lyrics: John Popper
I remember hearing a story
About a girl who wanted to fly
Something about dreams as fragile as bubbles
Well perhaps it won't apply
It seems she'd flap her arms every day and every night
As hard and as long as she could
She knew her dream needed all the love she could give it
For it to do her any good
One night her heart spoke in a dream
It told her if you really love this believe, because
It takes the guiltiest of eyes
To condemn the man who dies
It takes a thousand of his best spies
To expose as many lies
It could take weeks for me to say
How it'll take forever to go away
And it takes everything you have
Everything to be in love
Well across the street there lived a little boy
Sad disfigured child with two humps on his back
Pitiful autistic little mess in a wheelchair
The other kids all named him Lack
But Lack started to take an interest
In that girl across the way
He'd watch in amazement from his window
While she flapped her arms
And that's how they'd spend their days
She'd soon inspire him to stand
That girl everyone called Featherhead
Made him clearly understand
That
It takes the guiltiest of eyes
To condemn the man who dies
It takes a thousand of his best spies
To expose as many lies
It could take weeks for me to say
How it'll take forever to go away
And it takes everything you have
Everything to be in love
Soon Lack could walk and talk and hide his humps
And people realized how clever he could be
Feather still dreaming about the skies
Unaware of how in love Lack was with she
One day she quit flapping her arms at last
Convinced that she'd accomplished nothing at all
When Lack heard this he ran, not walked to her house
And he begged her, yes he begged her not to let Rome fall
He said Everything I am now is for and because of you
You see I understand your secret and I swear to God it's all true
It takes the guiltiest of eyes
To condemn the man who dies
It takes a thousand of his best spies
To finally realize
That it takes the strength of Samson's hair
To enter if you dare
And it takes Icarus in flight
To provoke the gods to fight
It could take weeks for me to say
And it'll take forever to go away
And it takes everything you have
Everything to be in love
Well time wears on, and soon Featherhead and Lack had to grow up
Featherhead didn't quit and would be finishing flight school soon
She works for NASA exploring space
Flying regularly to Jupiter's seventh moon
Lack defying all laws of gravity and otherwise flew away
You see those humps on his back grew into great big gossamer wings
He changed his name to Luck because he had so much
He still flies where he's needed, doing all sorts of nifty and amazing things
From time to time they meet up in the sky to celebrate
Tax dollars and miracles can let the weirdest people date
It takes the guiltiest of eyes
To condemn the man who dies
It takes a thousand of his best spies
To expose as many lies
It could take weeks for me to say
How it'll take forever to go away
And it takes everything you have
Everything to be in love
I remember hearing a story...
Featherhead And Lucky Lack
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100 Years 1999 4th of July After What Ain't That Life All for You All Hands All In The Groove All Things Are Possible All Up To You Alone Amber Awaits American Way And So It Goes Annie Laurie Annie Laurie (a/k/a Lay Me Down And Dream) Anything Goes As We Wonder Back In The Day Bad To The Bone Bagheera Battle of Someone Believe Me Best Be on My Way Big City Girls Black Cat Jam Blister In The Sun Blow up the Moon Borrowed Time Breakfast Brother John Bullshitter's Lament Business As Usual But Anyway Can't Get A Light Can't See Why Can't Win True Love Canadian Rose Cara Let the Moon Carolina Blues Carolina Blues [Live] Carry Me Home Castaway Chan's Groove Change Children of the Night Christmas Christmas Blues Circle Of The Rings Cleopatra's Cat Closing Down The Park Come Together Conquer Me Corn Mash Blues Cover Me Cracks in The Stone Crash & Burn Crash Burn Crystal Flame Decision of the Skies Defense & Desire Defense & Desire Defense And Desire Defense Desire Devil In the Details Didn't Mean to Wake Up Diner Do I Move You Dream On Dropping Some NYC Escaping Eventually (I'll Come Around) Eventually I'll Come Around Faith in You Fallen Empire Fallible Far Away Featherhead & Lucky Lack Feelin' Groovy Feelin' Groovy (52nd Street Bridge Song) Felicia Five To One Fledgling Forever Owed Free Willis Ruminations From Behind Uncle Bob's Free Willis, Ruminations From Behind Uncle Bob's M... Freedom Get Out Of Denver Get Out Today Gina Girl Inside My Head Gloria Glory Glory Go & Gt ; Go Outside & Drive Go Outside & Drive Go Outside and Drive Go> Go> Gotta Get Mean Great Big World H.o.r.d.e. Theme Hard To Exist Hearts Are Still Awake Her & Me Her Me Hey Joe Hi Heeled Sneakers Hippie Hit The Road, Jack Home Is Where You Are Hook Hook (Live from New York) Hook (LP Version) How You Remember It I Don't Wanna Go I Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t Wanna Go I Have My Moments I Want to Take You Higher I've Been Working on The Railroad I've Been Working On The Railroad Imagine In The Name Of A Cause Ivory Tusk Jabberwock Johnny B. Goode Jonesin' & Prayin' Just For Me Just Wait Justify The Thrill Last Night I Dreamed Leaning In Let Her & Let Go Let Her & Let Go Let Her and Let Go Let Her And Let Go (Live) Letter From A Friend Look Around Lost Me There Louie Louie Love & Greed Love & Greed Love and Greed Love Does Love Greed Love Is Everything (That I Describe) Love Of My Life Low & Gt ; Low & Gt ; Low > Low > Low Rider Make My Way Manhattan Bridge Maybe I'm Wrong Midnight Hour Mind To Ramble Miss You Mmmbop Money Back Guarantee Monster Moonlight Serenade Most Precarious Mother Funker Mount Normal Mountain Cry Mountains Win Mountains Win Again Mulling It Over My Blessed Pain My Only Regret Nail Nefertiti Never a Lover & Always The Friend Never A Lover And Always The Friend New York Prophesie No Woman, No Cry Nobody Fall In Love With Me NY Prophesie Onslaught Optimistic Thought Orange in the Sun Outta My Hands Partner In Crime Pattern Pretty Angry Pretty Angry (For J. Sheehan) Price To Pay Princeton Eyes Psycho Joe Psycho Joe (goes to the electric chair) Rage Recognize My Friend Regarding Steven Regarding Steven [Non-LP Track] Right Here Waiting for You Rock Me Baby Roland D. Rhodes Rubberneck Run Run Around Run-Around Run-Around [Album Version] Sadly a Fiction Sarah Save His Soul Saving Grace Secret Agent Man Severe Infatuation She and I She Caught The Katy She Isn't Mine Shotgun Shell Should I Stay Or Should I Go Sick Of It All Silent Night Slow Change Some Things I Will Not Pretend Spinning Spiraling Machine Stand Star Spangled Banner Stumble and Fall Superstition Support Your Local Emperor Support Your Local Emperor [2003/Live at Redrocks ... Sweet and Broken Sweet Home Chicago Sweet Pain Sweet Talking Hippie That Which Doesn't Kill You The Beacons The Best Part The Children of the Night The Conga The Devil Went Down To Georgia The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly The Gunfighter The Heavens Get Pissed The Joker The Light In Her Eyes The Mountains Win Again The One The Path The Poignant & Epic Saga Of Featherhead And Lucky ... The Poignant & Epic Saga Of Featherhead And Lu... The Poignant and Epic Saga of Featherhead and Luck... The Poignant Epic Saga of Featherhead & Lucky ... The Queen of Sarajevo The Tiding The Way The Weight Things Are Looking Up Thinnest Of Air This Ache Time Is Free To & Fro To Fro Top of the World Traveler Suite Trina Magna Trust In Trust Unable Unable (Live) Unable To Get Free View Wang Dang Doodle Warmer Days Weird Chick What Could Possibly Go Wrong What Do You Want From Me? What Remains What's For Breakfast When The Levee Breaks Who Do You Love Whoops With You Wouldn't It Make You Mad You Can't Stop Thinking About Me You Don't Have To Love Me You Lost Me There You Reach Me You Reach Me (Live) You Rescued Me You, Me and Everything You're Burning Me Yours
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