There's a high flyin' bird way up in the sky
And I wonder does he look down, as he flies on by?
Oh he's flying on the earth so easy in the sky

But Lord, look at me here
Oh I'm rooted like a tree here
I got those sit-down can't cry
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues

Now the sun it comes alone, oh Lord it lights up the day
And when he gets tired, he slides down over the way
Oh it's east to the west he gets gone every day

But Lord, look at me here
Well I'm rooted like a tree here
I got those sit-down, can't cry
Oh Lord, gonna die blues

Now I had a man
He ain't, he lived in the mine
Now he never saw the sun
But Lord, he never stopped trying
Then one day my man he up and died

I said my man up and died
Oh yeah my man up and died
Well he wanted to fly
And the only way to fly was to die

There's a high flyin' bird way up in the sky
And I wonder does he look down, as he flies on by?
He's riding on the earth so easy in the sky

But Lord, look at me here
Oh I'm rooted like a tree here
I got those sit-down can't cry
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues