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Soaring

from Climbing Frame by Gecko

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lyrics

I'm seven years old
I'm running through a field
I'm a city boy
But I like how it feels
And I'm not gonna stop
I'm alive and I'm free
I'm just like a bird
Unless mum says it's tea

So I took off my shoes
I took off my socks
I'm running bare feet
I'm hop scotching rocks
But look out for stingers
They'll hurt your bare knees
Then you have to stop
And find a doc leaf
Which can take ages

Then into the woods
I'm surrounded by trees
Something appears
That I've never seen
It's big and it's golden
An extraordinary bird
It's one of a kind
I've discovered the first

It's a bit like a parrot
But we don't have those here
But as soon as I saw it
It just disappeared
But I could never forget
Such a wonderful sight
Turned myself around
And ran back inside

Call the local museum
It'll be front of the paper
Do I need an agent?
I'll worry about that later
It'll make it on Newsround
Be the best day I've had
Be the talk of the playground
But first I'll tell dad

He said 'I don't mean to be unpleasant
But that bird's not a discovery
It's a pheasant'

But I'd be soaring
If I just saw him again
Yeh I'd be soaring
If I just saw him again

Now I'm just old
Or at least that's what they say
I sit in this chair
I'm too tired to play
And they call this a home
But I know it's not mine
I don't do much running
I've run out of time

But once in the week
These girls come and sing
Breaks up the day
And helps me to think
I drift off to the notes
I don't catch all the words
In my head I run
And remember that bird

And I'd be soaring
If I just saw him again
Yeh I'd be soaring
If I just saw him again

And then as if by magic
What seemed like a thousand birds burst through the windows into the communal lounge
The room is awash with gasps
And bright beautiful colour
By night each game bird had been individually saved from a local shooting field
It was highly illegal
A cunning plan compiled
By one ingenuitive grandchild

Now I'm soaring soaring again

A cacophony of squarks and everybody gets up to dance

Now I'm soaring soaring again

One particularly fine specimen is currently perched on Agyness' head

Now I'm soaring soaring again

A pair of females attempt to eat a series of Scrabble letters that spell out inedible, it's a triple word score

Now I'm soaring soaring again

Geoff the care worker mutters he's not seen anything like it in these parts

'Not since the Strictly final'

Now I'm soaring soaring again

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from Climbing Frame, released October 23, 2020

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Gecko is a London based singer-storyteller, his playful lyrics cover the big things in life; think iPhones, Libraries & Guanabana fruit juice to name but a few.

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