Soaring Songtext
von Gecko

Oh, I do the backup backwards?
Okay, no problem

I′m seven years old, I'm running through a field
I′m a city boy, but I like how it feels
I'm not gonna stop, I'm alive and I′m free
Just like a bird, unless mum says it′s tea
So I took off my shoes, took off my socks
I'm running bare feet, I′m hopscotching rocks
But look out for stingers, they'll hurt your bare knees
Then you have to stop and find a dock 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, we don't have those here
But as soon as I saw it, it just disappeared
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
Yeah, I'd be soaring
If I just saw him again

Now I′m just old, least that's what they say
I sit in this chair, I′m too tired to play
They call this a home, but I know it's not mine
Don′t do much running, I've run out of time
Once in the week, these girls come and sing
Breaks up the day, 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

I′d be soaring
If I just saw him again
Yeah, 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 squawks and everybody gets up to dance)
Now I′m soaring
Soaring again
(One particularly fine specimen is currently perched on Agnes' 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