[Verse 1]
There's a high flyin' bird
Way up in the sky
And I wonder does he look down
As he flies on by
Well, he's ridin' so easy
Way way up in the sky

[Chorus]
Look at me here
I'm just rooted like a tree here
I've got those sit down, can't cry
Oh Lord, I wanna die blues

[Verse 2]
I once had a man
You know he lived way down inside of his mine
Now, he never saw the sun
Oh Lord, but he never, never stopped tryin'
And then one day my man he up and died

[Chorus]
He up and he died on me
My man is gone now
He wanted to fly
But the only way to fly was to die
[Verse 3]
The sun comes along
Oh, it lights up the day
Then when it gets tired
Slides on over the way
It's east to the west
He gets to go every day

[Chorus]
Oh Lord, look at me here
You know I'm rooted like a tree here
I've got those sit down, can't cry
Oh Lord, I wanna die blues

[Verse 1]
There's a high flyin' bird
Way up in the sky
And I wonder does he look down
As he flies on by
Well, he's ridin' so easy
Way way up in the sky

[Chorus]
Look at me here
I'm just rooted like a tree here
I've got those sit down, can't cry
Oh Lord, I wanna die blues