Mike Oldfield - Flying Start Lyrics






We took a place in the sun to see just what had become.
The warm wind blows constantly.
Does the answer still blow? Did you find your chateau
In that Mediterranean fantasy?

[Chorus:]
Flying start
Made the Whole World sing, they had no choice.
Flying start.
Like a shining pearl, they sang in one voice.

To where the sun always shines, familiar faces and wines.
The warm wind blows constantly.
Knock on the door, but the memory's poor.
Is there somebody in? Now answer me!
Two dark eyes from the doorway shine.
So you lost your dream in a bottle of wine.
I knew you had to do it your way, fine,
But there's none to carry the cross this time.

[Repeat Chorus]

On dusty roads and tracks. Now it's the time to turn back.
The warm winds blow constantly.
Riding that storm since the day you were born.
Is there somebody in? Now answer me!
Two dark eyes from the doorway shine.
So you lost your dream in a bottle of wine.
I knew you had to do it your way, fine,
But there's none to carry the cross this time.

[Repeat Chorus x2]





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  1. A.... ....

    Hahaha what a mad clip

  2. M.... A....

    Ya se que tontos y sordos hay en todas partes pero no me jodan

  3. M.... A....

    Insisto los del pulgar hacia abajo más vale que se metan por el culo igual así encuentran la verdad

  4. D.... B....

    Hate that green dummy of the beginning. Not his best song...

  5. H.... p....

    Always love this song

  6. M.... J....

    So great ...

  7. T.... G....

    I thought its flying strat :-O

  8. j.... h....

    awesome !!

  9. A.... ....

    ¡Acojonante! Gracias por subirlo, cuánto tiempo :)

  10. G.... P....

    Me, Kevin and Mike in a pub of Montpellier...some century ago.....

  11. K.... ....

    Everyone could use a flying start, even so many years later. What a song.

  12. S.... ....

    The great Kevin Ayers..... RIP

  13. B.... t....

    ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL TIME

  14. F.... G....

    very English type of singing voice

  15. C.... B....

    great mike

  16. J.... d....

    The "whole world" refers to the band Kevin formed with Mike in it.
    I've loved this dirty for 30 years

  17. J.... M....

    MERCI BEAUCOUP KEVIN...

  18. D.... G....

    gute Erinnerung mit einem guten Freund zusammen. Tee getrunken ,gequatscht  und Mike Oldfield gehört.besonders auch diesen Song immer wieder gehört!

  19. Z.... G....

    FANTASTIC and PERFECT !!!!!!!!! Luji-TAMÁSI

  20. K.... B....

    a diamond among diamonds!

  21. P.... M....

    Mediterránean fantasy...... que bien comprendo esta afirmación, simpática canción..... gracias, thanks!!!!

  22. j.... s....

    great! thanks for this

  23. N.... S....

    Where to download this?

    N.... S....

    Buy the Album 'lslands'! At Amazon etc.

  24. p.... ....

    Mike did that Single just for his friend Kevin Ayers... cos he loved drinking soooo much of red Spanish wine.... :)
    (Pat, Switzerland)

  25. M.... ....

    Dunno why exactly, but this song is so uplifting to me.

    M.... ....

    Some people say Mike makes sad music, but this is an example of why that isn't true. The same is true of Magic Touch.

  26. S.... D....

    This, strangely, got some airplay on a Nashville Rock N Roll station in '87.  It provoked me to by the Mike Oldfield album "Islands" and totally got me into his music. 

    S.... D....

    +Steve Dicus Interesting: Islands was also the album that got me into Oldfield's music, but in my case, it was by way of the video to "Magic Touch" getting heavy airplay on MTV in early 1988.

  27. G.... 9....

    amusing video. You can hear Mike Oldfield sing!!
     Kevin Ayers, a deeply missed  musician and  gentleman

    G.... 9....

    +Gabriele 95 This was actually inspired by Mike's time as a bass player with Kevin Ayers and The Whole World (1971-72).

  28. P.... K....

    lets get fly...BRAVO MIKE !!!!

  29. s.... ....

    My favourite track on the Islands CD.
    And today I discovered this collaboration 'twixt Oldfield and Ayers (as soon as I heard the guitar solo, I knew it had to be Oldfield, looked it up and sure enough!). Look up the YT video for Kevin Ayers Champagne Cowboy Blues. For some of you it won't be anything new, and to some it will.

  30. m.... m....

    hay pocas de mike oldfield que no lo sean

  31. j.... a....

    ESTO ES UN TE-MA-ZO!!!....GRAN CANCION DE OLDFIELD Y KEVIN AYERS...IMPRESCINDIBLE.

  32. P.... G....

    this song is a drug!!!

  33. c.... ....

    ty for posting xx