Flying - Words & Music by Patrick Downes


Flower leis, yellow, white and purple strands
Woven like the many days and countless ways
We held our hands

Here we are standing at the airport gate
All these wishes on a star that missed so far
Will have to wait

Going, like an ebbtide flowing
Like a tradewind blowing
Soon you will be far across the sea

Flying, soon you will be flying
Like a teardrop drying
Leaving just a memory

Misty eyes looking many miles away
No time left to analyze, apologize,
No more to say

Stay awhile linger just a minute more
Let me see the winning style
That little smile you always wore

Going like an ebbtide flowing
Like a tradewind blowing
Soon you will be far across the sea

Flying, soon you will be flying
Like a teardrop drying
Leaving just a memory


Source: Matsuoka Collection - The composer was inspired by a sad, old Irish folk song about a man saying goodbye to his girlfriend who was leaving for England. Copyright Pocholinga Productions