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Yesterday some guy in Atlanta, 
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Climbed one of those huge construction cranes. 
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He said he had a gun and in the noonday sun,  
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He kept the whole world at bay. 
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And the folks on the ground tried to talk him down all day 
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But in the soft Georgia summer twilight, he jumped anyway. 

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- Some men fall, some fly. 
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Some men stumble, some shine. 
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In the grandest scheme sometimes it seems 
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There ain't no scheme at all. 
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Some men fall, some fly. - 

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And yesterday, the guy who played Archie Bunker, he died, too. 
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And so did John Lee Hooker, 
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One of the last real bad asses of the blues. 
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Now you know, they both went through all the same trails we do... 
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But they kept right on walkin,  
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Like there was something that they knew. 

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- Some men fall, some fly. 
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Some men stumble, some shine. 
         Am 
In the grandest scheme sometimes it seems 
       F  
There ain't no scheme at all. 
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Some men fall, some fly. - 

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And last night, after the longest day of the year, 
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A baby boy was born 
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To a world that can be as cold and mean as it can be safe and warm. 
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And hopefully, his family will clothe him and feed him, 
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And then give him every hope and prayer, 
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Cause little brother, you're gonna need 'em. 

   G              Bm  C 
- Some men fall, some fly. 
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Some men stumble, some shine. 
         Am 
In the grandest scheme sometimes it seems 
       F  
There ain't no scheme at all. 
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No, just some men fall, some fly. 
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Yeah, some men fall, some fly. 
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Some men fly, yeah fly.