Janis Ian Ginny The Flying Girl lyrics

Ginny the flying girl, wanted to see the world
Her parents were poor and they couldn`t afford
To send her away for a whirl
She waited until they slept and into the night she crept
With only the stars and the cold light of Mars
Ginny took off like a jet

She rode through the sky like an elephant`s eye
Like the stars in a thundering herd
And when she came down
All the world had turned `round
All that the groundpeople heard
Was `oh, for the life of a bird`

She lived in a tiny room
Surrounded by huge balloons
The covers would fly past her magical eye
And the pillows soluted the moon
At night when the lights went out
She`d take to the sky and shout
`Hey Milky Way, lead me on `til the day
`Says hello to the night`s turnabout`

She rode through the sky like an elephant`s eye
Like the stars in a thundering herd
And when she came down
All the world had turned `round
All that the groundpeople heard
Was `oh, for the life of a bird`

Whenever the world won`t bend
Whenever I need a friend
I just close my eyes and I reach for the sky
And I know I can make it again
Whenever my dreams run dry
Just when I need to cry
Whenever it all looks too big, or too tall
I remember that I can fly

She rode through the sky like an elephant`s eye
Like the stars in a thundering herd
And when she came down
All the world had turned `round
All that the groundpeople heard
Was `oh, for the life of a bird`
Oh, for the life of a bird
Oh, for the life of a bird...