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Released in 1989

Flying To My Home

Written by Paul McCartney

Last updated on November 25, 2016

Album This song officially appears on the My Brave Face / Flying To My Home 7" Single.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1989

Related sessions

This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

From Wikipedia:

“Flying to My Home” is a song written by Paul McCartney in 1989. It was released as the B-side to the “My Brave Face” single from the album Flowers in the Dirt. Niles Krieger’s Vibrophone track was originally intended to be the centrepiece of the song. However, when the track was being mixed, the Vibrophone part was mixed down and buried under the percussion played by David Slitzky. Krieger has been quoted as saying “Working with Paul was one of the highlights of my career.” The song ended up being placed into the Paul McCartney lyrics book entitled Blackbird Singing numerous years following its initial release. The song is available on the 1993 remastered CD version of Flowers in the Dirt.

Lyrics

I'm, I'm flying to my home, home

Flying to my home, home, home, home

The sun is fading in the west

Out where the cattle roam

I'm like a bird at the end of the day

Flying to my home

I'm flying to my home sweet majesty

I'm flying to my home

The sky is like a painted flag

Above a sea of chrome

I've got a woman living in my life

Living in my home

I'm flying to my home sweet majesty

I'm flying to my home

I haven't been back for so long

I don't know if I'm going to recognize it, ooh

They gave the old place a new face

And I'm going to take some time

To size the situation up

I haven't been back for so long

I don't know if I'm going to recognize it, ooh

They gave the old place a new face

And I'm going to take some time

To size the situation up

The sun is fading in the west

Out where the cattle roam

I've got a woman living in my life

Living in my home

I'm flying to my home sweet majesty

I'm flying to my home

I'm flying to my home

(I'm flying to my home)

I'm flying to my home

(I'm flying to my home)

I'm flying to my home

(I'm flying to my home)

I'm flying to my home sweet majesty

I'm flying to my home

I'm flying to my home

I'm flying to my home

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Live performances

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.

Going further

Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989

With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.

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Martin Grieben • 1 year ago

Niles Krieger’s Vibrophone track was originally intended to be the centrepiece of the song. However, when the track was being mixed, the Vibrophone part was mixed down and buried under the percussion played by David Slitzky. Krieger has been quoted as saying “Working with Paul was one of the highlights of my career.”

This statement does not seem to belong with "Flying to my Home". However hard I try, I haven't been able to hear any vibraphone on this track at all. There is a lot of percussion in the outro but nothing McCartney and the other musicians couldn't have played. I cannot find a source for the quote either and all references on the net are identical - they all seem to be copied from one source.

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