Ginny the flying girl, wanted to see the world

Her parents were poor and they couldn't afford

To send her away for a whirl

She waited until they slept and into the night she crept

With only the stars and the cold light of Mars

Ginny took off like a jet



She rode through the sky like an elephant's eye

Like the stars in a thundering herd

And when she came down

All the world had turned 'round

All that the groundpeople heard

Was 'oh, for the life of a bird'



She lived in a tiny room

Surrounded by huge balloons

The covers would fly past her magical eye

And the pillows soluted the moon

At night when the lights went out

She'd take to the sky and shout

'Hey Milky Way, lead me on 'til the day

'Says hello to the night's turnabout'



She rode through the sky like an elephant's eye

Like the stars in a thundering herd

And when she came down

All the world had turned 'round

All that the groundpeople heard

Was 'oh, for the life of a bird'



Whenever the world won't bend

Whenever I need a friend

I just close my eyes and I reach for the sky

And I know I can make it again

Whenever my dreams run dry

Just when I need to cry

Whenever it all looks too big, or too tall

I remember that I can fly



She rode through the sky like an elephant's eye

Like the stars in a thundering herd

And when she came down

All the world had turned 'round

All that the groundpeople heard

Was 'oh, for the life of a bird'

Oh, for the life of a bird

Oh, for the life of a bird...