Learning to Fall Gracefully

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

I haven’t got much sense of balance, I never had much time to sleep

And a man who dances all the time can just wear out his feet

I’ve been staggering around, trading places with the ground

Yeah, ever since I can remember, I’ve been going up and down

[Pre-Chorus]

So if you wanna learn to fly, you gotta fall occasionally

Just ask the birds up in the trees and they’ll agree

[Chorus]

I'm learning to fall

I’m learning to fall

[Post-Chorus]

(What goes on, what goes on, what goes on)

(Better go up, better break out, watch the world go ‘round and ‘round)

[Verse 2]

Well, forgive me if I fly away, my head’s up in the air

And if you wanna keep me down, you’ll have to tie me to my chair

Yeah, ever since I can remember, I’ve been flying around the room

And when I fall and hit the ground, at least I’m singing my own tune

[Pre-Chorus]

So if you wanna learn to fly, you gotta fall occasionally

Just ask the birds up in the trees and they’ll agree

[Chorus]

I’m learning to fall

I’m learning to fall

[Verse 3]

I don’t believe in staying down, I don’t believe in gravity

Do you believe a man can fly? Well, I believe that man is me

I used to worry about falling every time I left the ground

But now, I throw myself into the air, who cares if I fall down?

[Pre-Chorus]

So if you wanna learn to fly, you gotta fall occasionally

Just ask the birds up in the trees and they’ll agree

[Chorus]

I’m learning to fall

I’m learning to fall

[Post-Chorus]

(What goes on, what goes on, what goes on)

(Better go up, better break out, watch the world go ‘round and ‘round)

[Bridge]

Gravity, let me be, let me be, you mean nothing to me

(I don’t believe in staying down, I don’t believe in gravity)

Gravity, let me be, let me be, you mean nothing to me

(I don’t believe in staying down, I don’t believe in gravity)

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

If it’s time to fly, you can come with me

Or stay there on the ground, play things carefully

But I can tell you now, I’d much rather be

Somewhere in the air, falling- falling-

Or if it’s time to fly, you can come with me

Stay there on the ground, play things carefully

But I can tell you now, I’d much rather be

Somewhere in the air, falling gracefully

(Higher, higher)

(Higher, higher)