Learn To Fly

[BiteUrLip]

[Intro: Forrest.]

Oh, you keep it up

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Ooh, ooh, ah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Hmmm

Ooh, ooh, ah-ah, ah-ah

Yeah



[Chorus: Forrest.]

All the broken people put your hands up high (Hold 'em up high)

If you lift 'em up, you might just touch the sky

All the lonely people put your hands up high (Hold 'em up high)

If you loosen up, you might just learn to fly



[Verse 1: Forrest.]

All the highs and the lows

And the weight, it all goes

You can't let them keep you down (Keep you down)

If you're lost if you're broke, if you're stuck on the road

You can turn it all around

'Cause we gotta trust in love

Something that can't beat us

A feeling to live to serve

All in the name of love

[Chorus: Forrest.]

All the broken people put your hands up high (Hold 'em up high)

If you lift 'em up, you might just touch the sky

All the lonely people put your hands up high (Hold 'em up high)

If you loosen up, you might just learn to fly



[Post-Chorus: Forrest.]

Learn to fly

Learn to fly

Learn to fly

Learn to fly



[Verse 2: Elton John]

Sometimes it gets difficult

When everything's the same (Everything's the same)

You toss and turn, push and pull

You don't know who to blame (Who to blame)

But there is always something, to hold on to in your life (In your life)

Just keep that head up, don't you worry, it will be alright (It will be alright)



[Chorus: Forrest.]

All the broken people put your hands up high (Hold 'em up high)

If you lift 'em up, you might just touch the sky

All the lonely people put your hands up high (Hold 'em up high)

If you loosen up, you might just learn to fly

Uh, yeah

All the broken people put your hands up high (All the broken people put your hands up high)

If you lift 'em up, you might just touch the sky (If you lift 'em up, you might just touch the sky)

All the lonely people put your hands up high (All the lonely people put your hands up high)

If you loosen up, you might just learn to fly (If you loosen up, you might just learn to fly)

[Post-Chorus: Forrest.]

Learn to fly

Learn to fly

Learn to fly

Learn to fly

[BiteUrLip]

It starts like a Christmas song. I like the style of this song, although the bells lean towards a bit different world. I don't like the way verses "pump" unlike the chorus, which is normal.

4½ stars.

[dougs]

The Surfaces featuring Elton John on "Learn to Fly" from THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS:

THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS features the radio single version (3:33) of "Learn to Fly" rather than the extended version featuring Elton's piano outro coming in at 4:44.  "Learn to Fly" is a nice gentle melodic pop number with a definite hook.  It would have been nice to have Elton's extended piano outro version for his album release.

This is a likeable song but doesn't reach out and grab me.  It does have a positive and encouraging lyric.  Still, it does fit well on THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS.

Rating:  3 1/2 to 4 stars

Doug

[newloneranger]

Only 20 seconds of Elton, the rest is just not my style of music.

2 1/2 stars

[rocketman]

3.5 stars...It's OK. It's not a high point. I also should add that this album on the whole is losing steam with me, and I get the feeling that it's going to be more dust-collector than worn-out from multiple plays (figuratively speaking). I'm just not a big duets fan. Ive already filed the CD away and have no plans to play it any time soon.