Paper Wings - Gillian Welch

Paper wings, all torn and bent

You made me feel like they were heaven-sent

Paper wings, not real at all

They took me high enough to really fall

Your paper kisses faded too soon

Just like a paper rose beneath a paper moon

Paper wings, paper wings

Oh how could I expect to fly

With only paper wings

Angels were singing — didn’t you hear

If only I’d listened close when they whispered in my ear

Paper wings, paper wings

Oh how could I expect to fly

With only paper wings

I tried to fly

But found that I

Had only paper wings