Fly Into the Future (Vanities)

FLY INTO THE FUTURE Music and Lyrics by David Kirshenbaum

Thoughtfully, not fast q = 132

  





             mp

         

 



    

Keep - ing track of life

 

   

  

   







 

  

   

per - ate

to mar - ry.

   

   

with her

      -

There she goes a - gain,

 

   



   

        

8



    

    

5







pa - per and pen.

  

     





   

      

 

   



   

Bring - ing up her wed - ding

  

look

     

 

at chat-ty Kath - y.







       

  



Then there’s poor Jo - anne,

 

   



   

 

des -

          

     





a - gain and

a - gain.

   



211

     



This would be my world,

        

      

14

     



be - ing

     

a

  

this



wife?



    

20





  

big - ger

      

 





is - n’t my scene,

   

    

green.”



 

mf



from

and I

feel like I

  

 

poco rit.





                   



life.

    

I

 

need

don’t

 



Steady at first, more and more driving (q=126)



 

     

  

   





Liiiime

   

   

        



song.”

 

of plan - ning par - ties and

  

  



Years

    

    

but this

 

Slower

cresc.

             

        

  

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mean,

  

is what I’m in for.

“Sing

         

wan - na be

        

    



some - thing



        

    

3

   

24





    

         

     

Grow - ing up was stif - ling ’cause

            

27



            

School is

    

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

 

Think

            

 

  



get - ting stale

  

  

and



I’m

 

     

  



 

  

  

  

I

  

need some dis - tance,

a

 

              

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

   

a - di - os

 

    

cresc.

  

and a - way

  

I

go.

And I’m

   

  

I was nev - er free.



       

 

sick

of



         

 

this

 

sor - or - i - ty.

 

 place



to

   

    dis - ap - pear.









    

scared

 

So it’s

        kind - a



 

but the mo - ment’s here to









4

    

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

   

fly

in - to the fu

        

p

 

    

     

one

                      

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

-

    

      40     



all



can

find

       

  



 

    







     

be - hind

  

I’m

       

  

 



on

 



with

my







  

Mov - ing



gon - na ride,



me.



ture.

               

       

Gon - na roll,

  





this

ture.

          





    



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

-

  

   

 

 

 













the

fu -







  



 

 

life





and

leav - ing

 

   

Free

 



in - to

  

       mp    

  

fly - ing

 

me.

     



so that no



 



from text - books,

  free













     

    

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

    

5

 from



Tex - as,

free

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



I’m

   



gon

-



    



    

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

p

  

fly,





     



   

  

  

fly

   

in - to

  





the fu -

 



-









  

     

  

and I’ll nev

  

give

er look back.



me

  

        

                cresc.                      50         

who

   



   

folks

 





cresc.



na





from

          

         

 

 



flak.

          

ture.

  

Time to



            

Funky

 

I

could grab



my



pen

 

      

    cresc.    



3

-

  cil

     

and

   mf







 

    

6

   

52



      sim.           

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



     

make some lit - tle

plan.



  

             

down

 

to serve a

  

          

man.



                 

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



de - gree.

      

 

I could take a

with

    

take some bach

-

 

e - lors home with

       

job



think I’ll go

 my

     

 me

  



and

to the Col - os - e - um and

      

 

      

and

         

But I



wife



         

cresc.

 

-

 

  

 

    

              



a house

       

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bach - e - lor’s

I could be

     

       

set - tle

     

    

          





fly

in

   f

 

  



to

  







the

fu -

  

 

 

7

      

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

       

-



how

      







I’m

liv

  

64



         



to

  

  



There’s on - ly

me

  

 

  

  

     

  











    

 

  

  

 

or

judge

 

 



in



my

fu -

 

  

        

   

-

    

   



   

  no

    



ing.

  

 

con - di - tions,

 



  

ian boys who like what I’m giv

no

 

me



-

  





cou-ple I - tal

  

   

  

  

boss

       

com - mit - ments,

  

one

   





 

  

No

 



ing.

plus a

     





-



67

            

 

     

- ture

          



  

62





where there’s no

       



          

 

ture

 

    







con -

 

8

    

69



    



  



                           nec

     

-

tions that

can last.



                

74



     



   

Once

   









be





 

       

 





 

  



past.

 

is

  

  

 

fly

in - to

the

  

  

 

 a

 





drunk.

   

        

fu -

 



is

  

  

 

Ma - ma

  

 

  

 

Ma - ma

mf

   

 

   

fly,

my



Ma - ma

 







with

I

      





through

when

  

  







I



cow - ard.

 

  



          

76

   

3

ture.

          





I’ll

Not

        

72

-



  





    a

  

sleeps with

  

 

    

78



       

9

       a

 

           



     

81



   

  

crude.

How - ard’s real - ly

      

84



       

87



Ju - lie.

    

             

      

How - ard’s kind of

  



 

creep - y.

 

fat and walks a-round in the nude.

     

Ma - ma hates his

        

  

  

Ma - ma does - n’t

     

  

guts.

 

     



How-ard’s kind of

           

Dad ran off with

   

       

He’s o - kay, but

  

like me.



   

f

 

 

         

           

         

   

  

   

           

                       

   



How ard when she gets in

  

funk.



tru - ly my whole fam -’ly is nuts.

               

I don’t e - ven

     

         try,

        

    

  

 

  

  

which is why

 

   

I just

10

        



 

say good - bye

and

 

 



fly



ff

90



got - ta

                cresc.             92      



-

ture.

       

94



 





-



iff

      

  

  





  

    

can

     

    





-

 



I’ll



be

up

 

 

   









  

      

  

 

  



the

   

  









 

   

in - to

the

fu -

  

 

 

 

 



    



sky

      

 

where the

 

in



       

   



me.

ture

      

       

  

take

96

Half-time feel

 



soon

  

as

       

 Bran -

   

 













And

fly

me

in - to

the

fu -

 

 

 

     

 

 

 





I

find









free - dom







is

 

gon - na

           

   

11

98



 





make

or

          

100





  

102





  104     





-

    

 

me.

No

 

 

 



 

no

ri

re - la - tions,

 

 



 



Watch

Mar

  

   

 

-

  

 

 

 



 

-

     

   

 fly,

     

 

 

-







re - stric - tions,

  

 



di - cu



 

3

 

 

 



 

y

Watch her

           

  







ture.

 



          





 

  

break

      



   





me

 

 

  

  

 

lous

no



de - mands.

   

 















fly

in

to

the

fu -

 

 

 



  



   

  

 



-

   



 

 3

  

                                   see

 

  

her

12

  

107



fly

  



                

      109   





  

mf



  

112





  

114



 

 

  

see



and we’ll

  

   

And we’ll see





where

she

    

  

    

    



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lands.

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lands.

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see

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