Flying - Words & Music by Patrick Downes |
| Flower leis, yellow, white and purple strands Woven like the many days and countless ways We held our hands Here we are standing at the airport gate All these wishes on a star that missed so far Will have to wait Going, like an ebbtide flowing Like a tradewind blowing Soon you will be far across the sea Flying, soon you will be flying Like a teardrop drying Leaving just a memory Misty eyes looking many miles away No time left to analyze, apologize, No more to say Stay awhile linger just a minute more Let me see the winning style That little smile you always wore Going like an ebbtide flowing Like a tradewind blowing Soon you will be far across the sea Flying, soon you will be flying Like a teardrop drying Leaving just a memory |
| Source: Matsuoka Collection - The composer was inspired by a sad, old Irish folk song about a man saying goodbye to his girlfriend who was leaving for England. Copyright Pocholinga Productions |