They were children when they met.<br />
But he is someone she can't forget.<br />
They were young still when they parted ways; <br />
Ushered on into life's grey haze.<br />
<br />
She has always had the best of luck<br />
But when there's rain and mud, he gets stuck<br />
When there's rainbows she's at the end<br />
But he gets caught in the whippin' wind.<br />
<br />
Why does she fly? Why does he fall?<br />
She gets gifts of gold and he gets coal.<br />
Someday his broken wing will mend<br />
For now he's caught in the whippin'wind.<br />
<br />
Many years have passed since they were friends<br />
No one knows where they've both been<br />
But each of their own sin<br />
One of them loses, one of them wins<br />
<br />
She had always thought that he could fly<br />
So when he'd fall, she would cry<br />
And wonder where is grace divine<br />
And never see a single sign.<br />
<br />
Why does he fall? Why does she fly?<br />
Oh, some birds will never reach the sky.<br />
But someday his broken wing will mend<br />
For now he's caught in the whippin' wind.<br />
<br />
He found out about her success<br />
Singing songs of her happiness.<br />
She found out about his death.<br />
And the family that he left.<br />
<br />
Oh one man's right is another man's wrong<br />
Oh one man's story is another man's song.<br />
She wonders why he had to go<br />
But with his death she knows.<br />
<br />
He came far and she can fall<br />
He gets the greatest gift of all<br />
His broken wing did mend.<br />
He's flown away in the whippin' wind.