Name: Fly
Duration: P00H04M04S
Description: This is the only song Elaine recorded two ways, on two different albums. This is the original version.

Fly

from Better By Far by Elaine Romanelli

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This is the only song Elaine recorded two ways, on two different albums. This is the original version.

lyrics

She came in
all crumpled and deflated
she said I think that change is overrated.
Life is fine enough this way
But I said, for too long you’ve been settling for ‘okay’.

and she said Wait and I said Why
and she said How and I said Try
you have to close your eyes and take a breath and Jump

and she said When and I said Now
she said I’m scared, I don’t know how
and I said pack a bag and close the door and JUMP
and fly
fly

and she said I need my filing cabinet
and all my underwear
and I love my kitchen table
and it won’t fit in there

And I said Go and she said STOP
how ‘bout I try a little hop?
I just can’t close my eyes and take a breath and jump.

I am not like you, I am not fearless through and through
I can’t just pack a bag and close the door and jump
and fly

and she said No, thanks.
I’m safe, I’m comfortable and it’s too late anyway
and I’d miss my corner coffee shop
with its perfect cafe au lait

and I said Oh, can’t you see?
you’ve got a worry machine inside your head
and its fears weight you down
like a load of lead.
Try a little weightlessness instead.

and she said Wait and I said Why
and she said How and I said Try
you have to close your eyes and take a breath and jump

and she said When and I said Now
she said I’m scared, I don’t know how
but I will close my eyes and take a breath and JUMP
and fly
fly

credits

from Better By Far, released November 28, 2022
Elaine Romanelli, voice, words, music
Victoria Theodore, piano
Dave Bell, guitar
Jon Arkin, percussion

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Elaine Romanelli New York, New York

Recording Academy member Elaine Romanelli is an award-winning singer/songwriter, composer, writer, actor, and comic performer.

She loves to dance! If you swing dance in NYC you'll run into her eventually.

Affiliations: BMI, EMC, Grammys voter, Maestra, OneLicense.

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