Well she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind
That's running wild
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams
And fairly tales

That's all she ever thinks about

Riding the wind

When I'm sad she comes to me
With a thousand smiles
She gives to me free

It's alright, she says
It's alright
Take anything you want from me
Anything

Fly on, little wing


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    My opinion is that this song can be about a free-spirited woman that wants to share her love with more than one man (beautiful idea), about Jimi's guardian angel, about the memory of his mom, all that.

    But more generally, I think it's about his imagination. His psychedelic imagination, that with its circus ming, running wild thru the clouds, and only thinking of butterflies and fairy tales, saves him, when he's sad, from the "unfreedom" and greyness of the world. Gives freedom to his spirit.

    BrokenDickon February 07, 2012   Link

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