Marie-lynn Hammond Flyingspring Of 44 Lyrics

Flyingspring Of 44 Lyrics

he had twelve days leave when I met him in Montreal



we courted a week then got married



he wore his uniform



I wore my grey silk suit and a hat with a veil



my mother shook her head and said



you hardly know the boy 







but it was spring of 44



it was such a crazy time



and he seemed so brave



so full of glory



with his talk of planes and the sky



I remember him saying







oh flying



well the Hurricane shes a damn fine plane



and I wish you could see all the boys and me



doing loops and dives in tight formation



chasing the wind



like eagles in the sun 







it was spring again when I went to meet his train



they sent him home a hero



with medals and that look in his eyes



and a cane 



I hardly knew him



and most nights hed wake up shaking and scared



but hed never tell me



what he was seeing 







but it was spring of 45



it was such a hopeful time



when he was finally on the mend



wed sit on the porch



and hed watch the sky



like he was looking for something 



 2. 







oh flying



sun on the silver wing



its so silent out there



like a blue cathedral



you can climb and climb



till the earth falls away



and youre finally alone now



youve finally come home 







well the doctors told him he could never fly again



but a heros a hero



and the Air Force takes care of its own



oh they let him fly a desk for thirty years



and except for the drinking



nothing much has changed



you know hes still got his medals



and his aches and his pains



hes still got his bad dreams



ah hes still the same stranger I met



at the train 







but there was a boy in 44



he always talked of flying



and one day his plane took off-acap