Released: March 26, 1973
Songwriter: Bernie Taupin Elton John
Producer: Gus Dudgeon
[Verse 1]
Turn me loose from your hands
Let me fly to distant lands
Over green fields, trees and mountains
Flowers and forest fountains
Home along the lanes of the skyway
[Verse 2]
For this dark and lonely room
Projects a shadow cast in gloom
And my eyes are mirrors of the world outside
Thinkin' of the ways that the wind can turn the tide
And these shadows turn from purple into grey
[Pre-Chorus]
For just a Skyline Pigeon
Dreamin' of the open
Waiting for the day
But he can spread his wings
And fly away again
[Chorus]
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
Towards the dreams you left so very far behind
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
Towards the dreams you left so very far behind
[Verse 3]
Let me wake up in the mornin' to the smell of new mown hay
To laugh and cry, to live and die in the brightness of my day
I wanna hear the pealing bells of distant churches sing
But most of all, please free me from this aching metal ring
And open out this cage towards the sun
[Pre-Chorus]
For just a Skyline Pigeon
Dreamin' of the open
Waiting for the day
But he can spread his wings
And fly away again
[Chorus]
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
Towards the dreams you left so very far behind
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
Towards the dreams you left so very, so very far behind
Turn me loose from your hands
Let me fly to distant lands
Over green fields, trees and mountains
Flowers and forest fountains
Home along the lanes of the skyway
[Verse 2]
For this dark and lonely room
Projects a shadow cast in gloom
And my eyes are mirrors of the world outside
Thinkin' of the ways that the wind can turn the tide
And these shadows turn from purple into grey
[Pre-Chorus]
For just a Skyline Pigeon
Dreamin' of the open
Waiting for the day
But he can spread his wings
And fly away again
[Chorus]
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
Towards the dreams you left so very far behind
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
Towards the dreams you left so very far behind
[Verse 3]
Let me wake up in the mornin' to the smell of new mown hay
To laugh and cry, to live and die in the brightness of my day
I wanna hear the pealing bells of distant churches sing
But most of all, please free me from this aching metal ring
And open out this cage towards the sun
[Pre-Chorus]
For just a Skyline Pigeon
Dreamin' of the open
Waiting for the day
But he can spread his wings
And fly away again
[Chorus]
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
Towards the dreams you left so very far behind
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
Towards the dreams you left so very, so very far behind
more tracks from the album
Lady Samantha
- Bad Side of the Moon
- Skyline Pigeon (Piano Version)
- Screw You (Young Man’s Blues)
- Jack Rabbit
- Just Like Strange Rain
- Rock and Roll Madonna
- Whenever You’re Ready (We’ll Go Steady Again)
- Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who’d Be a Turkey at Christmas)
- It’s Me That You Need
- Friends
- Honey Roll
- Lady Samantha
- Into the Old Man’s Shoes
- Grey Seal (Original Version)
From the albums
- Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player (1973)
- Lady Samantha (1974)
- Diamonds (Deluxe) (2017)
Elton John popular songs
- Your Song
- Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Tiny Dancer
- Bennie and the Jets
- I’m Still Standing
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight (End Title)
- Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- Candle in the Wind
- Daniel
- Saturday Night’s Alright (for Fighting)
- Crocodile Rock
- I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues
- Candle in the Wind 1997
- Sacrifice
- Levon
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Border Song
- Honky Cat
- The One
- The Bitch is Back
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
- Electricity (Billy Elliot)