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Supposed to Fly – 6:04

David Graff – Supposed To Fly

All songs written by David Graff (SOCAN)

I was an eighteen year old son of south Alberta

When I set out on the road to make my name

I made it ‘cross the line into Montana

I had big plans and, man, I thought I had game

It wasn’t long before I met this girl named Marcia

And that same night I brought her to my bed

When her brothers found us out it was all over

And I was beat till I heard angels in my head

Oh, but trouble finds the lowest ground

I was low and could not comprehend

The way that trouble loves a troubled mind

And mine was trouble even way back then

So I picked my pieces up and hit the highway

I stuck my thumb out like we did in those days

Gravity drew me to southern California

I thought heaven lived there in that golden haze

But trouble knows it’s way around

It came and found me out again

And after eighteen years in this troubled town

It feels like trouble is my only friend

I was supposed to fly up to the sun

I can hardly walk now and I sure can’t run

Far enough to leave this by and by

I was supposed to fly, I was supposed to fly

Well I’m not what anyone would call a young man

My disappointments they just add up year on year

If anybody cared to ask me I’d say I don’t understand

Why in hell it is God even put me here

I was supposed to fly up to the sun

I can hardly walk now and I sure can’t run

Far enough to leave this by and by

I was supposed to fly, I was supposed to fly
 

David Graff – Supposed To Fly

All songs written by David Graff (SOCAN)

Produced and Engineered by Julia Graff and James Perrella

Mixed by Julia Graff and James Perrella at The Woodshed

String and horn arrangements by Julia Graff

Mastered by Graemme Brown at Zen Mastering, Gabriola Island

Artwork and Layout by Joe Latham at lookhappydesign.com

Musicians

David Barber - electric guitar, dobro, acoustic guitar, banjo, baritone guitar

Kirby Barber - electric bass, upright bass, background vocals

Steve Dawson - pedal steel guitar

Cindy Fairbank - wurlitzer piano, organ

Julia Graff - violin, viola, mandolin, accordion, piano, keyboards, vibraphone, background vocals

David Graff - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, harmonica, lead vocals

Jack Guppy - drums and percussion

Geoff Hicks - drums and percussion

Mike Kenney - piano, wurlitzer piano

Pat Steward - drums and percussion

Additional Musicians

Eva de Zwart - cello

John Ellis - pedal steel guitar

Pete Heltzman - electric guitar

Skye Lambourne - trombone

Trevor Whitridge - trumpet

The patrons of Doc Morgan’s on Bowen Island - Gang Vocals

Recorded at

Afterlife Studios, Vancouver

Cates Hill Chapel, Bowen Island

The Henhouse Studio, Nashville

MacArthur Productions, North Vancouver

House Up On The Hill, Bowen Island

The Woodshed, North Vancouver

Raincoast Music Studio, Vancouver

MAPL - © 2018 David Graff