Key: A
Introduction: A2 A A2 A E D2 A
A E
A dragonfly landed on my friend Linn's fingertip
D2 A
Reminding us we need to rest on this the long strange trip
F#m D2 A E
But also we did whisper that some change was on it's way
F#m D2 E
The old world it is crumbling and the new one starts today
A E
I played the smart professor, yes I tried it on for size
D2 A
I'm done with facts and figures now I hunger to be wise
F#m D2 A E
And I'm finding some okayness deep inside this veil of tears
F#m D2 E
Some call it delusion I call it getting on in years
D2 A
Falling upward, the pain of youth is gone
D2 A E
One day my plaintive morning turned into a lovely song
D2 A
Falling upward, each step a quiet victory
D2 A E D2 A
I'm finally inching forward toward the man I long to be
Verse
A E
Hand on heart each morning take my dose of daily bread
D2 A
And head off in the battle against the voices in my head
F#m D2 A E
They say I'm not worthy, that I'm not too scuffed up to pray
F#m D2 E
Well if there is a devil surely that is what he'd say
A E
The world's a great seductress and it wants me on it's team
D2 A
Best to heed the words of those that woke up from the dream
F#m D2 A E
So I'm reading all the holy books and this is my 40th year
F#m D2 E
Rejoice they say, have courage, be content and of good cheer
D2 A
Falling upward, the pain of youth is gone
D2 A E
One day my plaintive morning turned into a lovely song
D2 A
Falling upward, each step a quiet victory
D2 A E D2 A
I'm finally inching forward toward the man I long to be
Verse
A E
Life is very short it's true and I'm left wondering why
D2 A
The days they last forever and the years they sail by
F#m D2 A E
And the kid in me is confused about this man's face in the mirror
F#m D2 E
It once was my complexion now it's my conscience I want clear
A E
I cannot fix or save the world and I know that that's alright
D2 A
Solutions they aren't coming from the left or from the right
F#m D2 A E
Like a great sage said in Ohio only love will heal this mess!
F#m D2 E
And now my contribution - loving more and speaking less
D2 A
Falling upward, the pain of youth is gone
D2 A E
One day my plaintive morning turned into a lovely song
D2 A
Falling upward, each step a quiet victory
D2 A E D2 A
I'm finally inching forward toward the man I long to be
D2 A E D2 A
I'm finally inching forward toward the man I long to be
D2 E D2 A
Thank God I'm falling upward toward the man I long to be