Janis Ian — Take to the Sky Live at the Sydney Opera House

[Verse 1] Blue sky morning Red sky night Sailor take warning When the eagle takes flight If I had wings I would delight and fly away [Verse 2] Black cloud riding On the cotton fields back home Every man's an island In the desert of his soul Take to the sky—there's nowhere else to go—and fly away [Chorus 1] I can remember all the days of my life Cold, dark September when the eagle took flight I had to stay I had to stay [Chorus 2] I cried a river to the empty sky Someone deliver me by and by I'll fly away I'll fly away [Post-Chorus 1] It don't take nothing to be lonely It comes too easy to be holy And it does nothing for the soul But tear holes in tomorrow [Pre-Chorus] Somebody, somebody said, "I don't want to be" Nobody said, "I don't want to see" Nobody said, "I don't want to need" Nobody said nothing at all Sitting and waiting for the axe to fall [Chorus 3] Sun come raining, lighten up the day I ain't complaining, I got nothing to say I'll fly away I'll fly away [Refrain] If I had the courage to be flying blind I'd fly too high to buy my way home [Guitar Solo] [Post-Chorus 2] Somebody wants somebody To be lonely and nobody Settling only for love— How much time can you borrow? [Post-Chorus 3] Making it easy to lie Faking it on the sly Shaking and stammering, taking it up to the sky Hammering nails in tomorrow [Chorus 4] Sun come raining lighten up the sky I ain't complaining, I get no reply I'll fly away I'll fly away [Refrain] When I get the courage to be flying blind I'll fly to high to buy my way home [Spoken Outro] On guitars Mr. David Wolfert On the fender bass, Mr. Stu Woods On the drums, Mr. Barry Lazarowitz And on second vocals and percussion, Miss Claire Bay