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A Place to Land

from First Flight by W.C. Beck

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lyrics

Take off from a world that’s lost
and find you another
skinny smokestacks
a thousand soft packs
a cigarette skyline
and float on a heart with wings
fly on straight at your dreams
until you find
a place to land

our love fit like a glove
but you wanted another
your eyes, a pale sunrise
couldn’t hide the lies they told
now a country home
burned to ashes
Icarus heart
falling fast
broken, searching
for a place to land

I watched you for a little while
just to see how far you’d fall
a bursting sun
burning up both great and small

now every breath or step you take
away from one and toward another
leading role, another piece of the whole
a story partway told
and all you’ve loved, lost and won
all you are becoming one
finding strength, setting sights on
a place to land

I watched it for a little while
just to see how far it fell
a shooting star
burning up its former self

well now I’ll
take a plane, a boat or a train
far away and find another
wishing well, another tale to tell
a place you will be from
and float on a heart with wings
fly on straight at your dreams
until you find
a place to land

a place to land

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from First Flight, released June 7, 2019

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W.C. Beck is an itinerant singer/songwriter from KS who now calls New York home after long stints in Portland, OR and Paris, France. Beck’s songs span from indie folk to classic country and tell of the American heartland and a forgotten epoch. With catchy melodies and sophisticated compositions, most songs find their depth in the personal, moving narrative. ... more

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