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Wings Lyrics by Joan Baez

Dark Chords on a Big Guitar

2003

At night we crossed the border
Following a black robe
To the edge of the reservation
To Cataldo Mission
Where the saints and all the martyrs
Look down on dying converts
What makes the water holy
Is that it's the closest thing to rain

I stole a mule from Anthony
I helped Anne up upon it
And we rode to Coeur d'Alene
Past Harrison and Wallace
They were blasting out the tunnels
Making way for the light of learning
When Jesus comes a-calling
He's coming round the mountain on a train

[Chorus]
Well, it's my home
Last night I dreamt that I grew wings
I found a place
Where they could hear me when I sing

We floated on to Hanford
On a lumberboat up river
Past the fisheries and the milltowns
Like a stretch of future graveyards
She was driven to distraction
Said I wonder what will happen
When they find out they're mistaken
And the land is too changed to ever change

We waded through the marketplace
Someone's ship had come in
There was silver and begonias
Dynamite and cattle
There were hearts as big as apples
And apples in the shape of Mary's heart
Anne said inside this gilded cage
A songbird always looks so plain

[Chorus]
But it's my home
Last night I dreamt that I grew wings
I found a place
Where they could hear me when I sing

And so they came with cameras
Breaking through the morning mist
Press and businessmen, tycoons, episcopal philanthropists
Lost in their appraisal of the body of a woman
But all we saw were lowlands
And the clouds clung to mountains without strings

And at last we saw some people …
And at last we saw some people …

And at last we saw some people
Huddled up against
The rain that was descending like railroad spikes and hammers
They were headed for the border
Walking and then running
And then they were gone into the fog but Anne said
Beneath their jackets she saw wings
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Joan Baez

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About “Wings” by Joan Baez

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"Wings" is credited to Joan Baez. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Wings" appears on "Dark Chords on a Big Guitar" in 2003.

Visit the Joan Baez artist page at /artist/joan-baez for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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