Learn to Fly

It was one of the tracks originally written for Little Earthquakes that never saw the light of day. Evidently a sheet (or envelope, according to HereinMyHead) with the lyrics in Tori’s handwriting turned up on Ebay a while back.

During the Chicago VIP meet and greet, I pulled out a sheet with the supposed lyrics and asked her if they were the right words, and if she remembered how it went. ‘Oh yes,’ Tori said, ‘I remember it well.’ After reading the words she said, ‘How do they know?’ and I explained the Ebay story.

I asked if she was thinking about ever playing it and she said maybe. A hopeful maybe.

‘Maybe. Maybe I will,’ she said, smiling. ‘Maybe I just will! It’s given me an idea!’ She went on to explain how it wasn’t recorded for Little Earthquakes because she wasn’t able to work with the sound guy who did Mary and Sweet Dreams because of an issue with Atlantic. Tori said it was a song like Take Me With You that just ‘fell through the cracks.’

She asked if she could keep the handwritten set of lyrics, and I assured her that I could find another copy online.

Tori signed my tourbook “For Lily For Remembering…. <3 Tori Amos + Learn to Fly”

‘Thank you,’ she said, ‘I needed to be reminded.’

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