As The Crow Flies

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Meaning:
Another Chicago song. My girlfriend had just moved away to Northern Illinois University, and I was driving to see her for the first time. I was horribly lost and stopped to ask for
directions. "How do you get to NIU?" A weird guy at a gas station replied, "There is no easy way...as the crow flies." Then
he attempted to tell me anyway. (I swear this is true) As I followed his directions, I wrote the first half of the song. The way home from the trip was writing the second." - (Joe Hedges)

Driving by myself it's 8 o'clock
I wonder where I am
she's waiting by the door
it's gettting late, it's getting cold again
the birds and my inhibitions
will find shelter for tonight
In the firey autumn forest trees
that even though i cannot see
will burn and burn all through the night[s]
burn and turn the dark to light
opening a way to love-
the longest distance between
 
As the crow flies
as the crow flies
 
Waiting for a train it's saturday
we're hand in hand again
waiting for the pain it's one more day
it's one more night to win
Chicago waiting paitiently
and we're beginning to see
 
The soul amidst the architecture
spinning 'round as we conjecture
heaven is a story away
the city is ours
tomorrow as far
the buildings as high
 
Aas the crow flies
 
Standing by on the ground
I look up
to the sky
all these questions of life
and of loving
arise
if you'll lead me I'll go
to the fire
tell me why
I'm afraid to burn
I'm so afraid to learn
 
Driving by myself it's 8 o'clock [pm]
I'm going home again
she's crying in her room we're all alone
we're on the phone again
trying to make some sense of
make some sense of all this pain
 
As the crow flies
 
Standing by on the ground
I look up
to the sky
as all these questions of life
and of loving
arise
if you'll lead me I'll go
to the fire
tell me why
I'm afraid to burn
I'm so afraid to learn
 
As the crow flies
crow flies
 
Standing by on the ground
we look up
to the sky
as all these questions of life
and of loving
arise
if you'll lead me I'll go
to the fire
tell me why
we're so afraid to burn
tell me why we're so afraid to learn
 
Driving by myself it's 8 o'clock I'm all alone again

New Album Out Begining of 2007! (Maybe) :)