Pelican Flight

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Craig MacArthur

A Robert Hunter lyric set to music by Craig MacArthur, and played with Casual Coalition.

Aboard a pelican flight
In the midnight moon
There’s plenty of time
To think about you
How it used to be so easy
That the words would always write themselves
But the books on the shelf
These days are hard to sell

And with the light in my eye
From the midday sun
There’s nowhere to go
When you’re on the run
Because the running seems to lead me
Down a road that never has an end
But I guess that depends
Wherever you begin

Bow your head in sadness
Bow your head in pain
All that you’ve received
Must be given back again
Lift your head in gladness
And receive the recompense
A scent upon the summer rain
A gift of common sense.

All I’ve ever given
And as much as I could take
From all the gifts of dreaming
And the moment I awake
For everything I’ve promised
And as much as I could give
There’s nothing left to gather
As long as I shall live

Aboard a pelican flight
In the midnight moon
There’s plenty of time
To think about you
How it used to be so easy
That the words would always write themselves
But the books on the shelf
these days are hard to sell