verse 1 up in the sky it s bird it s a plane yea it s a plane i m not afraid to fly im not afraid yea i guess i m afraid fear is a good thing it teaches us humility and it can keep us sane so i ll fly high if i have to if i could i take the train verse 2 livin away from home on the road all the time ah all the time driving up and down and back and forth no reason or rhyme yea you guess right makes a grown man confront his fears consider options he d normally decline i m gonna find my ticket to fly i m gonna fly i m gonna fly chorus strap me in tie me down and roll me a bone i m gettin on an airplane and i m flying home strap me in tie me down i m learning to fly drive across the country i get too fuckin high i don t wanna die too fuckin high too fuckin high yea verse 3 fly me so high yea 20 30 thousand that s pretty high when they take off my chest sinks my ears pop i pray i lie i think about the network news to torture myself and to pass the time they tell me my seat cusion is a floatation device pray to god they ain t lying repeat chorus