There's a high flying blue bird in the sky now 
 You know I wonder if she looks down on knees as she flies on by
 She's driving on the east so easy in the sky, yeah 
 And Lord look at me (yeah) 
 I'm rooted like a tree (Oh yeah, yes, I am now) 
 I've got those sit down, can't cry, 
 oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues (yeah, yeah) 
 And now the sun, [bad word] up and it lights up the day and night 

 and when he gets tired, he got all over on down his way 
 East to west, he meets God in the sky everyday 
 Lord look at me (yeah) 
 I'm rooted like a tree (Oh yeah, yes, I am now) 
 I've got those sit down, can't cry, 
 oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues (yeah, yeah) 

 got the sit down, can't cry, Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues 
 Now I had a woman, Lord she lived down by the mine 
 she ain't never seen the sun Oh, Lord, never stopped crying, 
 then one day my woman, up and died, 
 Lord she up and died now....oh lord she up and died now 
 Hey, she wanted to fly and the only way to fly is die, die,
 die..... 
 Well, there's a high flyin' bird, flyin' way up in the sky.... 

 and I wonder if she looks down as she goes on by, 
 well, she's flyin' so free and easy in the sky, 
 Hey, lord look at me, I'm rooted like a tree 
 Got those sit down , can't cry, Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues 
 Got those sit down , can't cry, Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues 
 Hey, Yeah, Hey, Yeah....