Album: Stick It To Ya (1990)

Charted: 55 19

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• Pictures of you
  Oh, they're still on my mind
  You had this smile
  That could light up the world
  Now when it rains
  It seems the sun never shines
  
  And I drive
  Down this lonely, lonely road
  Ooh, I got this feelin'
  Girl, I gotta let you go
  
  'Cause now you've got to fly high (fly high)
  Fly to the angels
  Heaven awaits your heart
  And flowers bloom in your name
  Whoa oh
  You've got to fly (fly high)
  Fly to the angels
  All the stars in the night
  Shine in your name
  
  Though it hurts me way deep inside
  When I turn and look and find
  That you're not there
  I try to convince myself
  That the pain
  The pain is still not gone
  
  Still I drive
  Down this lonely, lonely road
  Ooh I got this feelin'
  Girl, I've got to let you go
  
  But now you've got to fly (fly high)
  Fly to the angels
  Heaven awaits your heart
  And flowers bloom in your name
  
  Whoa
  You've got to fly (fly high)
  Fly to the angels
  All the stars in the night
  Shine in your name
  
  Fly
  
  And still I drive down
  This lonely, lonely road
  Ooh, I got this feelin'
  Oh, I can't let you go
  
  But I know
  That you've got to fly (fly high)
  Fly to the angels
  Heaven awaits your heart
  And flowers bloom in your name
  Whoa oh oh oh
  You've got fly (fly high)
  Fly to the angels
  All the stars in the sky
  Shine in your name, yeah
  
  I'm gonna miss you
  Miss you, girl Writer/s: DANA STRUM, MARK SLAUGHTER
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

• Paul from AtlIt is a requiem. This site will not let me post a link, but from Mark Slaughter himself:
  
  The singer was asked about the origins of the Slaughter song “Fly To The Angels” to which he stated: “That song was written about a girlfriend who I went to high school with. I remember I came back from touring and couldn’t get a hold of her. So I asked a friend and he told me he hadn’t seen her. The next thing I know, he calls me back with the news that she had passed away and the funeral was the next day. It was one of those surreal moments. I went to her funeral and it inspired me to write a song about letting go. There’s a real sense of composure in going through those life events that I’m always very conscious of in my music. Seeing what it does for other people is why I continue to write.”
• Jim from Riverside, Rhode IslandA very good friend of mine passed away a few days ago. I sang this last nite in karaoke in her memory. I sang it form the heart, which kept me from breaking down. The song has lotta emotion to it.
• Robin from Wasilla, AlThat song means a lot. It is transferable to apply to anyone and although Mark and Dana wrote it based on a very personal loss, I cherish their willingness to share with fans so we also have an outlet to sing it to the top of our lungs as a way to grieve the ones we lose. Thank you so much guys! It means the world!
• Tony from San DiegoAbsolutely great song, reminds me of a long lost and now, unfortunately, too early departed love. RIP Ellen
• Bill Large from Georgia, United StatesSlaughter and Firehouse played in our little town some years ago. My neighbor ran a music store and set up the show. We had dinner together with Mark, and the rest of the band the night before. Dana Strum told me that night, (VERY intelligent man, by the way) that the song was written for a very close friend of the band, Cyndi Romano, and that she had died, suddenly and unexpectedly.

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