She Flies With Her Own Wings

Dostoyevsky wrote a novel called "The Idiot" which contains 

a character who is completely pure and good and if I recall 

correctly, it is said that he felt that writing a completely 

pure human and making it believable was one of the 

most difficult things he wrote throughout all his works.

I work best when given an idea to start from.  Steph, Porter's 

biggest fan, jokingly said to me, "When are you going to 

write a duet for us to sing?"  She had sung "Jackson" 

with us and "Fairytale of New York" too.  So, much later 

when I told her I had something but needed clarification

on what she had in mind, her added direction grew into two songs.

Here is the first one called "She Flies With Her Own Wings". 

It's supposed to be in the inspirational vein which can be 

tricky to write without coming across as corny. I 

hope I was able to not cross over that line. Porter 

tried it at practice about 3 times so it's still in 

a nebulous form. I managed to record the first time we played 

it and although it's really rough (you can hear the band 

fumbling around, trying to "feel" the song) I'm really happy

with it. 

Feb 20, 2013
 
When your best foot forward is the one in the grave 

and the fools all around you can't seem to behave
 
Things fall apart when you least expect 

and no one can see that you're trying your best

Ooooooh  ooooh oooooh  x 3

 
When there ain't enough hours just to get shit done 

and you don't have a minute set aside for some fun
 
When the walls close in and time's running out 

& you can't even manage to let out a shout

 
When it takes all your strength to keep the tears in 

and your first reaction is to jump out of your skin

Ooooooh oooh  ooooh x 3
 

She flies with her own wings x 3
 

Every situation there's is a chance to be had
To show your true self, and react good or bad
Every opportunity, a chance to reaffirm
Who you are inside and what you need to learn
 
So hold your head up and don't wear a frown,
just remember to get up one more time than you're knocked down.
 
She flies with her own wings

Straight into the sun

And ain't no one now can get her on the run

Ooooo ooooh oooooh

Higher and higher 

She Flies With Her Own Wings