Karyn Oliver

Lyrics

FABULOUS FLYING MACHINES

Mama says it’s a big scary world
I will bind you down here by my side
Daddy says they don’t think like us
I will build a brick wall and we’ll hide, so we hide

But the first time I blew bubbles I knew
My eyes filled with wonder
Over the wall they flew

All those fabulous flying machines
I drew great big propellers, bright green umbrellas
Seeking the freedom of much lighter beings
Those fabulous flying machines

Mama says there’s no use in dreaming
Look where that got me, you’ll see
Daddy says they don’t understand us
I’ll buy some more guns, keep us free, are we free?

But if I sit still, let the chatter slow down
I can soar off to Africa, look, South America now

All these fabulous flying machines
Wright and DaVinci, Saint-Exupéry
Seeking the weightlessness found in my dreams
These fabulous flying machines

All these fabulous flying machines
Can take us to places we’ve never seen
Where people are different just like you and me
All these fabulous flying machines
These fabulous flying machines