Intro:reciting "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" by W. B. Yeats
I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love;
My country is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" By William Butler Yeats
cue the music
Why do I have to fly
Over every town up and down the line?
I'll die in the clouds above
And you that I defend, I do not love
I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
to be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
Where will I meet my fate?
Baby I'm a man, I was born to hate
And when will I meet my end?
In a better time you could be my friend
I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
to be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
Wouldn't mind it
If you were by my side
But you're long gone
Yeah you're long gone now
Where do we go?
I don't even know
My strange old face
And I'm thinking about those days
And I'm thinking about those days
I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
to be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
Wouldn't mind it
If you were by my side
But you're long gone
Yeah you're long gone now
Yeaaaaaaaaaaah
[00:00.00]Intro:reciting "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" by W. B. Yeats
[00:11.04]I know that I shall meet my fate
[00:13.59]Somewhere among the clouds above;
[00:17.43]Those that I fight I do not hate,
[00:20.58]Those that I guard I do not love;
[00:23.75]My country is Kiltartan Cross,
[00:26.09]My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor,
[00:28.43]No likely end could bring them loss
[00:31.41]Or leave them happier than before.
[00:33.25]Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
[00:36.32]Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
[00:39.29]A lonely impulse of delight
[00:43.07]Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
[00:45.21]I balanced all, brought all to mind,
[00:48.94]The years to come seemed waste of breath,
[00:51.33]A waste of breath the years behind
[00:53.94]In balance with this life, this death.
[01:00.50]from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" By William Butler Yeats
[01:04.50]cue the music
[01:21.28]Why do I have to fly
[01:27.42]Over every town up and down the line?
[01:34.59]I'll die in the clouds above
[01:39.90]And you that I defend, I do not love
[01:47.14]I wake up, it's a bad dream
[01:51.41]No one on my side
[01:54.90]I was fighting
[01:57.29]But I just feel too tired
[02:01.64]to be fighting
[02:03.98]Guess I'm not the fighting kind
[02:14.56]Where will I meet my fate?
[02:20.53]Baby I'm a man, I was born to hate
[02:27.50]And when will I meet my end?
[02:33.35]In a better time you could be my friend
[02:40.05]I wake up, it's a bad dream
[02:44.75]No one on my side
[02:48.13]I was fighting
[02:50.63]But I just feel too tired
[02:54.86]to be fighting
[02:57.40]Guess I'm not the fighting kind
[03:01.39]Wouldn't mind it
[03:03.77]If you were by my side
[03:08.28]But you're long gone
[03:10.79]Yeah you're long gone now
[03:24.19]Where do we go?
[03:30.68]I don't even know
[03:37.49]My strange old face
[03:41.99]And I'm thinking about those days
[03:48.72]And I'm thinking about those days
[04:23.75]I wake up, it's a bad dream
[04:28.31]No one on my side
[04:31.66]I was fighting
[04:33.82]But I just feel too tired
[04:37.95]to be fighting
[04:40.80]Guess I'm not the fighting kind
[04:44.98]Wouldn't mind it
[04:47.38]If you were by my side
[04:51.65]But you're long gone
[04:53.99]Yeah you're long gone now
[05:00.37]Yeaaaaaaaaaaah
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