there's a man in Coney island   who runs back and forth   while people take their best shot   it is a plane   to make a game like war   or maybe the other way around   either way he's going down       so we ride the roller coaster   cuz you said it would make me feel like I was free   but there's nothing safe, about the ride we're on   what comes up it must come down   and you know where going down      cuz people are still trying to be birds   yeah   we are all still trying to fly   well haven't we heard?      we sat under a noisy sky on labour day   and watched those planes dip and dive   you said I think this is like being under attack   but we'll make it out alive   well I hope we make it out alive      cuz blue angels are still trying to be birds   yeah   we are all still trying to fly   yeah      that man in Coney island   he says it's just a job   when the summer's through I’ll be done   and he laughs at me and my sympathetic smile   he says you know we've just begun   and don't you know we’ve just begun      cuz people are still trying to be birds   yeah   and I am still trying to fly   despite what I’ve learned