Never Got Off The Ground Lyrics - Alison Krauss

My father was a farmer 

But his head was in the sky 

He worked everyday but Sunday 

'Til the day he died 

He prayed for rain and thunder 

And listened for the sound 

In the dry years he went under 

He never got off the ground 

We all dream when we're younger 

That we will do great things 

Me, I used to have a hunger 

To wear a pilot's wings 

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But the circles that I ran in 

Turned my head around 

And the planes I had my plans in 

Never got off the ground 

Don't raise your hopes 

You hear so many say 

The higher they get 

The closer they are to flying away 

Fly away... 

Don't raise your hopes 

You hear so many say 

The higher they get 

The closer they are to flying away 

They say there but for fortune 

Is the way it would have been 

If we could take a bigger portion 

We'd fill our hands again 

You see them on the sidewalks 

In the parks all over town 

Those who've taken flight 

Never got off the ground