As the Crow Flies - Tom Russell

When I was a child I'd look up and pray

But the mountains and clouds always got in the way

I'd close my eyes and dream away

Straight up to heaven as the crow flies

Then I grew up but I could never understand
The distance between a woman and a man
Then I fell in love and the distance was spanned
Heart to heart as the crow flies

Mama used to say, "Son, you'll never survive,
If you worry 'bout the distance, you won't ever arrive."
Daddy used to say, "Son, the mountains are wide
Out they ain't so far. ..as the crow flies."

If there were mountains and valleys between you and me
And icy old river or a cold dark sea
The earth and water would mean nothing to me
I'd travel straight to your heart as the crow flies

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