Broken Wings - Sage Francis

She’s a fairy with broken wings

I used to watch her perform

And if she hears me I hope she sings songs

That had me going right back

Couldn’t find anyone in town to talk

Bout how no one like that

Should be confined to the ground we walk

She glides but just seems like she floats

And these folks decide to crush her wings until they’re permanently broke

She rides gusts of wind just by the way she spoke

She cries but loves to sing songs of freedom and hope

On the eastside hustling, discussing things that we quote

In shallow conversation as if we have deep throats

We chokin' on confusion

Now show up as a heat stroke of we need coats

Trading in our cheap jokes for her c notes

I see notes being passed

I ask to see what these creeps wrote

Define silly kids and flying privileges revoked

Ski slopes have been blocked off they can’t transit

Had weights tied to her ankles she most definitely can’t skip

Town, shes held down by the transcripts my hands grip

Tried to tie her wings back on before they’re once again clipped

Panic stricken, she’ll remain stuck

On a Titantic sinkin', shes trying to stay up

Change her plan thinkin' it’s OK

See this is strange but

Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in a way that kept them chained up

I’d like to see

Her take flight into the stars

Instead of letting her fly free they keep her in jars

Instead of letting fly free they keep 'em in jars

I put my hand to the glass so hard

It might break the prison bars

It isn’t hard to see why they keep her captive

She’s naturally attractive

Speaks with adlibs, shes uncommonly talented

Ain’t enough adjectives to do her disposition justice

Kids are wishin' for just a kiss and it’s a mission to touch her lipstick

Can’t trust her with

Freedom of movement that’s a chance to loose her quick

If she ups and splits

We might as well call that discussion quits

If we’s to keep her down the government’s underlings

Enslave people in this town especially if their culture’s rich

Exploiting talents making it do a bunch of tricks

With the rest of the wingless imports

Repeatedly told you ain’t a fairy just a bitch

Just a bitch, with a butt that’s thick

So rub your tits, and thrust your hips

And suck my dick, and run your shit, and run your shit, and run your shit

Shes a fairy with broken wings

I used to go watch her perform

And if she hears me I hope she sings songs

That had me going right back

Couldn’t find anyone in town to talk

Bout how no one like that

Should be confined to the ground

(Verse Two)

When I was down in New York she’d send me letters

And I read her passages about how I left her to the savages

No matter how sad it is I didn’t cry

Cause it was only a matter of time

Before they figured me out and tried to strip my pride

I knew the scoop

Wish you could’ve seen the blueprints in my eye

When I flew the coop

Utilizing overground railroads in the sky

It was live or die let me let you in on the secret of mine

Me and you are different girl

We don’t even need wings to fly

We don’t need wings to fly

Me and you… we don’t need wings to fly

Keep on singing, give it a try, give it a try

Just keep on singing, give it a try, give it a try (5x)