F7CA#DmC
When I was a young man, I found an old dream
F7CA#DmC
It was as battered and worn a one, as you have ever seen
F7CA#DmC
I invented some new wings, and I painted a nose
F7CA#DmA#
I wished so hard, up in the air, I ro-o-ose, singing
F7D#A#F7
Carry me, carry me, carry me, above the world
D#A#F7
Carry me, carry me, carry me
F7CA#DmC
And I once loved a girl, she was younger than me
F7C
Her parents kept her locked, up in their lives
A#DmC
And she was crying, she was wishing she could be free
F7C
Of course I mostly remember her laughing
A#DmC
Standing there and watching us play
F7CA#DmA#
For a while then, the music, would take her away and sheʼd be singing
F7D#A#F7
Carry me, carry me, carry me, above this world
D#A#F7
Carry me, carry me, carry me, above the world
F7CA#
Then there was my mother, she was lying in white sheets there
DmC
And she was waiting to die
F7CA#
She said if you just reach underneath this bed, and untie these weights
DmC
I could surely fly
F7C
Sheʼs still smiling but sheʼs tired
A#DmC
Sheʼd like to hear that last bell ring
F7CA#DmA#
You know if she still could she would, stand up, she would sing
F7D#A#F7
Carry me, carry me, carry me, above the world
D#A#D#A#D#A#F7
Carry me, carry me, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, ooh
