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Fly Like An Eagle Lyrics
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Oh, Lord, through the revolution
Feed the babies
Who don't have enough to eat
Shoe the children
With no shoes on their feet
House the people
Livin' in the street
Oh, oh, there's a solution
I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Fly through the revolution
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Fly through the revolution
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Oh, Lord, through the revolution
Who don't have enough to eat
Shoe the children
With no shoes on their feet
House the people
Livin' in the street
Oh, oh, there's a solution
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Fly through the revolution
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Fly through the revolution
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
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I think this song is about the US Post Office.
What's that you say, Steve – "there's a solution"? What is it, pray tell? Or are you keeping it all to your eagly self?
LOL. This was such a hit waaaaaay back then! It's a great song. A true classic. Gives the listener a feeling that s/he can do anything.
LOL. This was such a hit waaaaaay back then! It's a great song. A true classic. Gives the listener a feeling that s/he can do anything.
Indeed, what is the solution? Fly around like an eagle? Lovely song in many ways. Sometimes I wonder if Steve Miller speaks English, though, because his lyrics so often don't make sense. I guess the words are just filler for the music. Don't get me wrong, I love humming, whistling, tapping to the beat and singing his songs. I just wish the lyrics made more sense.
Indeed, what is the solution? Fly around like an eagle? Lovely song in many ways. Sometimes I wonder if Steve Miller speaks English, though, because his lyrics so often don't make sense. I guess the words are just filler for the music. Don't get me wrong, I love humming, whistling, tapping to the beat and singing his songs. I just wish the lyrics made more sense.
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@charolastra
Steve presents us with some weighty social problems:
Steve presents us with some weighty social problems:
"...the babies / Who don't have enough to eat ... the children with no shoes on their feet ...people livin' in the street"
"...the babies / Who don't have enough to eat ... the children with no shoes on their feet ...people livin' in the street"
He then proposes true commitment to the ideals of Social Justice as a way of resolving these endemic socio-economic imbalances.
He then proposes true commitment to the ideals of Social Justice as a way of resolving these endemic socio-economic imbalances.
He will "FLY LIKE AN EAGLE TO THE SEA", carried by his "spirit" and that is how he will confront and resolve these societal inequities in a revolutionary manner.
He will "FLY LIKE AN EAGLE TO THE SEA", carried by his "spirit" and that is how he will confront and resolve these societal inequities in a revolutionary manner.
But first, I imagine, he will lay back in his hammock and do some serious...
But first, I imagine, he will lay back in his hammock and do some serious bong hits.
Seal didn't make a great anything when it comes to this song. This is a Miller classic for Christ sake.
Poverty in America.
i think maybe like how there's problems, and it seems like there's a solution, but there really isn't, because you'd need to "fly liike an eagle" or do the impossible to fix the problems, but maybe in the future there will be a solution
This is an idealistic song. Steve Miller wants to solve the problems of the world.
He wants to fly like an eagle, escaping the problems that need to be addressed.
On some versions of the song, the lyrics about poverty and suffering are erased and the part about the revolution is changed with "into the future". Why did they do this? The original lyrics were much more profound.
i must agree with DanVitaleRocks...thank you for that
DanVitale.....you're a funny guy.
It's a really cool about how poverty ruins peoples lives.