Why Walk When You Can Fly Lyrics - Carpenter Mary-chapin

In this world there's a whole lot of trouble, baby 

In this world there's a whole lot of pain 

In this world there's a whole lot of trouble 

But a whole lot of ground to gain 

Why take when you could be giving, why watch as the world goes by 

It's a hard enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly 

In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow 

In this world there's a whole lot of shame 

In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow 

And a whole lotta ground to gain 

When you spend your whole life wishing, wanting and wondering why 

It's a long enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly 

In this world there's a whole lot of cold 

In this world there's a whole lot of blame 

In this world you've a soul for a compass 

And a heart for a pair of wings 

There's a star on the far horizon, rising bright in an azure sky 

For the rest of the time that you're given, why walk when you can fly