Released: March 16, 1978
Songwriter: Kevin Cronin
Producer: John Boylan Kevin Cronin Paul Grupp Gary Richrath
I've been around for you
I've been up and down for you
But I just can't get any relief
I've swallowed my pride for you
I've lived and lied for you
But you still make me feel like a thief
You got me stealin' your love away
'Cause you never give it
Peeling the years away
And we can't relive it
I make you laugh
And you make me cry
I believe it's time for me to fly
You said we'd work it out
You said that you had no doubt
That deep down we were really in love
Oh, but I'm tired of holding on
To a feeling I know is gone
I do believe that I've had enough
I've had enough of the falseness
Of a worn out relation
Enough of the jealousy
And the intoleration
I make you laugh
And you make me cry
I believe it's time for me to fly
Time for me to fly
Oh, I've got to set myself free
Time for me to fly
And that's just how it's got to be
I know it hurts to say goodbye
But it's time for me to fly
Oh, don't you know it's
Time for me to fly
Oh, I've got to set myself free
Time for me to fly
And that's just how it's got to be
I know it hurts to say goodbye
But it's time for me to fly
It's time for me to fly
It's time for me to fly
It's time for me to fly
I've been up and down for you
But I just can't get any relief
I've swallowed my pride for you
I've lived and lied for you
But you still make me feel like a thief
You got me stealin' your love away
'Cause you never give it
Peeling the years away
And we can't relive it
I make you laugh
And you make me cry
I believe it's time for me to fly
You said we'd work it out
You said that you had no doubt
That deep down we were really in love
Oh, but I'm tired of holding on
To a feeling I know is gone
I do believe that I've had enough
I've had enough of the falseness
Of a worn out relation
Enough of the jealousy
And the intoleration
I make you laugh
And you make me cry
I believe it's time for me to fly
Time for me to fly
Oh, I've got to set myself free
Time for me to fly
And that's just how it's got to be
I know it hurts to say goodbye
But it's time for me to fly
Oh, don't you know it's
Time for me to fly
Oh, I've got to set myself free
Time for me to fly
And that's just how it's got to be
I know it hurts to say goodbye
But it's time for me to fly
It's time for me to fly
It's time for me to fly
It's time for me to fly
more tracks from the album
A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970 to 1980
- Golden Country
- Like You Do [Live]
- Sophisticated Lady
- Ridin’ the Storm Out [Live]
- Keep Pushin’
- Breakaway
- Roll with the Changes
- (I Believe) Our Time is Gonna Come
- Say You Love Me or Say Goodnight
- Back on the Road Again
- Only the Strong Survive
- Time for Me to Fly
- Flying Turkey Trot
- Son of a Poor Man
- Lost in a Dream
- Lightning
- Music Man
- Reelin’
- 157 Riverside Avenue [Live]
From the albums
- You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can’t Tuna Fish (1978)
- A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970 to 1980 (1980)
- Best Foot Forward (1985)
- The Hits (1988)
- Pure Rock 1978 - The History of Rockmusic (1998)
- The Ballads (1999)
- The Essential REO Speedwagon (2004)
- Grown Ups (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2010)
REO Speedwagon popular songs
- Can’t Fight This Feeling
- Keep on Loving You
- Take It on the Run
- Roll with the Changes
- Time for Me to Fly
- Ridin’ the Storm Out
- In My Dreams
- Tough Guys
- Down by the Dam
- ’Til the Rivers Run Dry
- (Only A) Summer Love
- Dead at Last
- Heavy on Your Love
- All Heaven Broke Loose
- Give Me a Ride (Roller Coaster)
- Another Lifetime
- They’re on the Road
- Any Kind of Love
- Only the Strong Survive
- One Too Many Girlfriends
- Back on the Road Again
- Shakin’ It Loose
- You Won’t See Me
- Screams and Whispers