Tori Amos - Hereinmyhead.com

(speculated lyrics--)
got a red balloon it's
got me dreamin dreamin
dreamin of you
i let it go
like you baby you
slipped through my hands
like my brain i know
has always been slow
so
i gotta learn to fly
or i'll be drownin drownin
drownin in this
everyday day cry they say
even the best
swimmers can drown
that i know
cause i made a mess of my life
i know i made a mess of my life

like a bird on a wire
i feel
like a bird on a wire
then why do i fall
before i learn to fly
i guess i'll learn to crawl

can a snake have wings
can a girl who lost her courage
teach a lion to sing
a beginning pilot
got a beginning plane
i can't compare with your heavy metal dream
these dark ages got some
fancy machines

like a bird on a wire
i feel
like a bird on a wire
then why do i fall
before i learn to fly
i guess i'll learn to crawl

like catfish said
catfish and eddie
gonna show you how girl
to walk on water, yeah
we'll take it slow
we ain't gonna rush you
we'll start out small with
the mississippi yeah
they say i can't look back
they say i can't look back
why do i look below
oh god
i'm sinkin fast
gotta learn to fly
or i'll be drownin drownin
drownin in this everyday cry
they say the best
swimmers can drown
with every stroke
i lie to myself
with every stroke
i lied to myself

like a bird on a wire
i feel
like a bird on a wire
then why do i fall
before i learn to fly
I guess I'll learn to crawl

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In late 1990, Tori came back to Atlantic Records with a 10-track demo tape, several years in the making, that would later become Little Earthquakes and its subsequent B sides. The track listing consisted of Russia (later to become Take To The Sky / Mary / Crucify / Happy Phantom / Leather / Winter / Sweet Dreams / Song For Eric / Learn To Fly / Flying Dutchman.

After the failure of Y Kant Tori Read, Tori took some time off to re-invent herself and in the process, dropped the band and got back in touch with her genuine passion, the piano. Many of these songs are different from the released versions. Learn To Fly has still to see a release anywhere.
-- Tori Amos Collectibles, by Paul Campbell

There have been claims found on-line and photocopies of an envelope for auction on Ebay apparently with lyrics written in Tori's handwriting of the lyrics to Learn To Take, which are listed above.