"The Ballad of Lily / Airheart" Lyrics
Music & Lyrics by Christopher "Bunny" Bennett
Composed by David Michael Bennett & Jonathan Sprague
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Her father fought in the great war
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In an aeroplane named Bree
He gave his love to a pretty girl
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And said, "Baby you're the one for me"
And though her name was Bree,
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He still found it all a shock
When he found out she was an airplane,
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The stork began to knock
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A baby girl was born
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With air rudders on her back
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She picked up airwave frequencies
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And petrol was her favorite snack
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Whale she bubbled noises like an airplane
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Every time she sang
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And her heart it loved so hungrily,
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And roared like a Mustang
That's why they called her
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Air heart
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Air heart
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That girl was meant to fly
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So prep the runway
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Air heart
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Air heart
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That girl will soar away
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She was an angel in her blue dress
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When Little Jimmy Wright took her to prom
The young pilot said he loved her,
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And oil began to clam her palm
Whale he was lost in the sky
And they said he had died,
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But I know something more
They only found Jimmy's goggles,
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In his plane upon the floor
Well years went by
And she still looked to the sky,
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Her feelings did not disperse
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She could fly any plane just like an ace
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And kept goggles in her purse
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And she swore she still heard Jimmy singing,
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"That'll Be the Way Home"
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It would haunt her from her radio
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In each sky that she would roam
Jimmy's voice echoed
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Air heart
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Air heart
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I'm sorry that I flew away
But just remember
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Air heart
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Air heart
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Keep flapping and you'll soar one day
Lets Fly!
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Do you wanna sail into the sky?
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Soar across the stars?
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Sail into the sky?
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Soar across the stars?
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Sail into the sky?
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Soar across the stars?
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The stars?
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The stars?!
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The stars!
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Then one fateful day
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Ended with a storm streaked sky
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Her plane crashed into the mountain side,
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Was she flying much too high?
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They only found Jimmy's goggles
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In her plane upon the floor
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I hope she's up there somewhere with him
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Kissing on a cloudy shore
The birds were singing
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Airheart
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Airheart
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That girl was meant to fly
So prep the runway
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Airheart
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Airheart
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That girl will soar one day
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Airheart!
