The Wing And The Wheel Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

The wing and the wheel they carry things away 

Whether it's me that does the leavin' or the love that flies away 

The moon outside my window looks so lonely tonight 

Oh, there's a chunk out of it's middle big enough for an old fool to hide 

Where are all the dreamers that I used know? 

We used to linger beneath street lamps in the halos and the smoke 

The wing and the wheel came to carry them away 

Now they all live out in the suburbs where their dreams 

Are in their children at play 

There's a pale sky in the east all the stars are in the west 

Oh, here's to all the dreamers may our open hearts find rest 

The wing and the wheel are gonna carry us along 

And we'll have memories for company long after the songs are gone