We sold our sons and we sold our daughters
Pretty soon we'll sell our brothers
We took the gold but the gold was water
I tried to save the world but I failed herShe cries the tears that I never left her
I left 'em all behind
You were sitting in your darkest hour
Oh, summer's goneWe tried to make the world so much better
We send our words in a pretty perfumed letter
You sit alone in your ivory towers
I'm just one person, I don't matterYou tap the needle
And you went to heaven
You left it all behind
Now you're feeling, oh so betterOh, too high to fly
You should've seen me there, yeah, yeah, yeah
Too high to fly, my baby
But you were almost there, yeah, yeahThe sun shines down on my face
But you don't feel a thing, no, no, no
The lines on the street and the smoke rises
You looked too long for heaven, now you're blindedAnother morning sun
Another day gone by, oh
The storm's coming with the pouring rainOh, too high to fly
You should've seen me there, yeah, yeah, yeah
Too high to fly, oh baby
But you were almost thereToo high to fly
You should've seen me there
Too high to fly, oh baby
You were almost thereThe lines on the street and the smoke rises
Wanderin' 'round for forty days, I hope you find it
You couldn't get any higher
But you were higher than meYou couldn't get any higher, no, no, no
Too high to fly
You should've seen me there, oh baby
Too high to flyYou were almost there
Too high to fly
You should've seen me there
You should've seen me thereTap the needle
It won't take you there
It's not salvation on it's way