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Yesterday some guy in Atlanta,
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Climbed one of those huge construction cranes.
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He said he had a gun and in the noonday sun,
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He kept the whole world at bay.
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And the folks on the ground tried to talk him down all day
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But in the soft Georgia summer twilight, he jumped anyway.
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- Some men fall, some fly.
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Some men stumble, some shine.
Am
In the grandest scheme sometimes it seems
F
There ain't no scheme at all.
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Some men fall, some fly. -
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And yesterday, the guy who played Archie Bunker, he died, too.
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And so did John Lee Hooker,
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One of the last real bad asses of the blues.
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Now you know, they both went through all the same trails we do...
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But they kept right on walkin,
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Like there was something that they knew.
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- Some men fall, some fly.
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Some men stumble, some shine.
Am
In the grandest scheme sometimes it seems
F
There ain't no scheme at all.
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Some men fall, some fly. -
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And last night, after the longest day of the year,
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A baby boy was born
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To a world that can be as cold and mean as it can be safe and warm.
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And hopefully, his family will clothe him and feed him,
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And then give him every hope and prayer,
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Cause little brother, you're gonna need 'em.
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- Some men fall, some fly.
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Some men stumble, some shine.
Am
In the grandest scheme sometimes it seems
F
There ain't no scheme at all.
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No, just some men fall, some fly.
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Yeah, some men fall, some fly.
C
Some men fly, yeah fly.