1987 Learning To Fly - Single

   Publicación: 3 de octubre (U.K).

Productores: Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour.
Grabación: Octubre 1986 - mayo 1987.
Discográfica U.K: EMI Records.
N° de catalogo: EM 26.

Del álbum: A Momentary Lapse of Reason.


Tracks:

   Lado A.

01 Learning To Fly (Edited Version).
(Gilmour, Moore, Ezrin, Carin)   4:21

   Lado B.

01 One Slip (Edited Version).
(Gilmour, Manzanera)   3:58

Single Vinyl 7" - Edición U.K:

Discográfica: EMI Records.

N° de catalogo: EM 26.

 Disco, lado 1.

 Disco, lado 2.

Etiquetas lados 1 y 2.

Pink Floyd:

David Gilmour: Voces, armonías vocales, ritmo eléctrico y guitarras principales, programación.

Nick Mason: Batería, voces.

Richard Wright: Teclados, armonías vocales.

Músicos:

Tony Levin: Bajo.
Jon Carin: Teclados.
Steve Forman: Percusión.
Bob Ezrin: Percusión (programación).
Darlene Koldenhoven, Carmen Twillie, Phyllis St. James, Donny Gerrard: coros.

Michael Landau: guitarra eléctrica rítmica.

Jim Keltner: Batería.

Letras:

Learning To Fly.

(Gilmour/Moore/Ezrin/Carin)

Into the distance, a ribbon of black

Stretched to the point of no turning back

A flight of fancy on a windswept field

Standing alone my senses reeled

A fatal attraction holding me fast, how

Can I escape this irresistible grasp?

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies

Tongue-tied and twisted Just an earth-bound misfit, I

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings

Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything

No navigator to guide my way home

Unladened, empty and turned to stone

A soul in tension that's learning to fly

Condition grounded but determined to try

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies

Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Friction lock - set. 

Mixture - rich 

Propellers - fully forward 

Flaps - set - 10 degrees 

Engine gauges and suction - check 

Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck

Flight instruments...

Altimeters - check both

(garbled word) - on

Navigation lights - on

Strobes - on

(to tower): Confirm 3-8-Echo ready for departure

(tower): Hello again, this is now 129.4

(to tower): 129.4. It's to go.

(tower): You may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots.

(to tower): 3-8-Echo

Easy on the brakes. Take it easy. Its gonna roll this time.

Just hand the power gradually, and it... 

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,

My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,

Across the clouds I see my shadow fly

Out of the corner of my watering eye

A dream unthreatened by the morning light

Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

There's no sensation to compare with this

Suspended animation, A state of bliss

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies

Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I.

One Slip.

(Gilmour/Manzanera)

A restless eye across a weary room

A glazed look and I was on the road to ruin

The music played and played as we whirled without end

No hint, no word her honour to defend

I will, I will she sighed to my request

And then she tossed her mane while my resolve was put to the test

Then drowned in desire, our souls on fire

I lead the way to the funeral pyre

And without a thought of the consequence

I gave in to my decadence

One slip, and down the hole we fall

It seems to take no time at all

A momentary lapse of reason

That binds a life for life

A small regret, you won't forget,

There'll be no sleep in here tonight

Was it love, or was it the idea of being in love?

Or was it the hand of fate, that seemed to fit just like a glove?

The moment slipped by and soon the seeds were sown

The year grew late and neither one wanted to remain alone

One slip, and down the hole we fall

It seems to take no time at all

A momentary lapse of reason

That binds a life for life

A small regret, you will never forget,

There'll be no sleep in here tonight.

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